Be the Light

 At this time of year I go searching for light.

When I went walking this week at the Japanese Gardens,

I was on my search.

When I arrived the sun was sprinkled through the trees

so very beautifully.

I stopped for a cup of tea and the light disappeared.

As I walked I thought I had missed the light;

so I tried to notice other things.

 Small touches of color.

 Raindrops on camillias.

 Finally when I was about to leave the sun came out in all it's glory.

Isn't the light most amazing when it decides to show up.

 How I love finding the light.

Here even on my back steps I found the light for a cup of tea.

At this time of the year, when it is the darkest,

I bring light into my life.
In the darkness of a winter day candles are lit,
twinkling lights spread on tables and over my mantel.
Including light in my days and evenings improves

my mood tremendously.

Searching for the light, I found these two quotes.

If you can't be the sun, then be a star.

~Martin Luther King Jr.

To Native healers, "light" is a vision of well-being

where broken hearts and bodies are healed, and where

many times the true cause of an illness is found.

Once found, it is more easily remedied.

~Yakima healer, from Listening with Your Heart

by Wayne Paete, M.D. 

Do you add light to your winter days?
How do you make it through the darkness?

Happy weekend, dear friends!