Light a Candle!

Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, goes the volt adage. 

If you feel like cursing the darkness in your life or in your soul, light a candle. You could do worse, and you may find that it helps. You may. It could nourish your happiness.

          May be you are feeling good, down home, gods in heaven ( right here) and all is right with the world. It’s a cold winter’s night or a warm summer evening. Light a candle a s a symbol of the light in your life right now. It could nourish your happiness.

A lighted candle is a powerful   symbol that can function in all kinds of ways. Do you feel lonely? Light a candle. Do you feel distant from heart? Light a candle. Do you find impossible to pray or meditate? Light a candle. A lighted candle is a symbol of prayer and worship. Is a sign of a light that transcends any light that you’ll ever see with any eyes but the eyes of your soul?

          Anytime is a good time to light a candle. When it’s time for a meal, light a candle in the middle of the table to remind you that the creator gives you the food to nourish your body as well as all that you need to nourish your soul. If you share your meal with others, let the candle remind you that in your sharing you meet more than a need for physical nourishment; you meet a need to nourish one another spiritually, as well.

To light a candle is a simple thing to do, a small thing to do but it can be such a comfort. Is a child frightened by a storm? Light a candle and read a poem about something mysterious and beautiful and simple. Is a child unable to sleep because he or he is afraid of the dark? Light a candle across the room that you will extinguish later after sleep has come. 

Tell the child about the candle. Pray a simple prayer about angles and billowy clouds and the comforts of love. Is the child upset or the baby fussy for no reason you can discover? Light a candle. It will nourish the baby’s soul and your soul too.  

       

Several centuries ago in Ireland, the English tried to suppress Catholicism by persecutions. Priest had to visit homes at night to say mass in secret. During the Christmas season catholic families left their doors and locked and put light in candles in the window to guide priest to their homes.

 English shoulders noticing the lit candles and open doors, were told that   it was to welcome Mary and Joseph on Christmas Eve. The shoulders dismissed it as harmless superstition and the signal of the lighted candles remind.

          A lighted candle can touch the heart and nourish happiness and nothing else will do the job. Nothing else.