To Be the Light in Dark Times

There is a gift embedded in the darkest of times. For every action there is an equal reaction, and therefore the darkest night must give way to the dawn.  You may feel it pulling in you now. Today you may decide that you can no longer contribute to the darkness. You may decide that the best thing you can do is spread the light. You are a lightworker. You are part of a glorious spiritual army that has decided to level the playing field. Your compass is love and compassion. 

After all–it is far too easy to be angry and hateful. It’s way too amateur-hour to let your humanity descend into pessimism and negativity right now. Like in the laboratory that showed that plants and crystals flourish when spoken to in a loving way, and whither in negativity–we must focus our energies on unconditional love for our planet and its inhabitants if we want to survive. 

We know what it’s like to fight all the time. Even a “won” argument (if there is such a thing) proves to be a hollow victory. On the other hand, an act of kindness reverberates and echoes through our experiences like a magical, medicinal tsunami. Science has shown us that even the observer that witnesses an act of kindness gets a nice dose of feel-good chemicals in their own brain. 

Is this modus operandi sustainable? Comedian Steve Martin had a great bit in the 70s–”Let’s get small.” Perhaps there’s something to that. If we all “get small,” by largely unplugging from news and social media, and turn our attention to the loved ones in our lives–we make it possible.  Staying small is sustainable. Even if we don’t have a family, we can be the light for our cat or our plant, or just ourselves.  That’s plenty. Imagine the peaceful revolution that would occur if a majority of us focused our energies in this way. 

We have all known darkness. We have all known the light.  Is it really so difficult to choose? 

“It's so easy to laugh

It's so easy to hate

It takes guts to be gentle and kind”

–Morrissey

Let’s have the guts to choose the light. 

Until next time

Scott and Lennart