The water is dazzling in the sunlight, a thousand diamonds set in sapphire. But water, of course, has neither light nor color of its own: it simply reflects what hits it back out into the world. Which makes it no less beautiful.
How will you help someone else’s light to shine forth in the world?
For Diwali, Hindus of all ages light small earthen lamps and set off fireworks, celebrating and rejoicing as they bring light into the darkening season.
How will you brighten the world today?
Today marks the equinox, the point of balance when day and night are the same length. For deciduous trees, this balance point in the cycle of growth and dying back is a moment of great beauty, the time when their colors shine the brightest.
What balance point are you at in your life? How do the transitions allow you to shine?
Katy Perry sings Baby you’re a firework, and I think it’s true. Sometimes each of us makes a glorious splash of color against the sky, lighting up the world with our beauty and brilliance. Other days feel like we are spinning furiously, going nowhere, sending off sparks in all directions that alarm those closest to us. Neither kind of day lasts forever.
What sort of light will you put forth today?
