I have loved seeing the wishes come in from the other side of the world, watched the sun rise in Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, South America, North America.
The power of technology, used for good.
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There is a man I love. A man mowed down for the power of his peaceful words. They mean more to me each year.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that."
Wow.
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You are a vehicle for this light, right now. In this moment. In each moment. It's easy to forget - I forget it every six seconds.
I was in line at Costco yesterday, buying coffee and a suitcase, swarmed by carts overloaded with children eating samples. And the darkness rose up. The sadness. The desperation of self-pity.
Costco is the cruelest of places.
I wanted to go home and cry - sink back into bed and let the darkness wash over me.
But instead I phoned a friend. I ate lunch. I stretched my mothering muscles in another way. Had dinner with a kindred spirit, sent another to the beach on my behalf. Told my parents I loved them, reached out in all directions.
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I am not in charge in this life, a fact I dislike immensely until it comes time to send out warnings of inbound ballistic missiles, and then I'm entirely grateful.
The darkness is here. It is all around. The universe is made of darkness.
And you?
You are made of light
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