Your Added Light

Jane struggled out of bed late in the morning - or was it early afternoon? She didn't know. She felt depressed. Nothing would go right today. She already knew it. After her coke, she looked out the window to see swans swimming on the river. That's pretty, she thought. She noticed a humming bird at her feeder. As she sat on her porch in the afternoon, she watched some girls playing a game of tag. She smiled and waved. Later a friend came to sit in the rocker next to her and told her how lonely she was. More bad news. She hated bad news. Jane tended her grandson for an hour. That night Jane flopped into bed after flicking off her electronics. Nothing good ever happens to me, she thought. Depression just plagues me.

Jane added light to the world in several ways, but she didn't even know it. Let's see how.

To love beauty is to see the light. Victor Hugo. 

She watched the swans caring for their young.  

Humming bird hovers around a feeder in the early morning and late evening hours.

God's creations are endlessly beautiful.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King Jr.

She smiled and waved at the girls.

She watched the children play a game.

She cared for someone.

Each one of us brings light into our lives every day.  Just like Jane did. Stop and look for your goodness.

Reflect on the light you added today and give thanks for your ability to do so. You will discover greater light inside every time. And so will Jane