When it’s dark, we can turn on the light.
But…when it’s light, we cannot turn on the dark. The only way to create darkness is to extinguish the light.
Seems like there’s a great deal of darkness around these days. We can do something about it, of course. We can turn on the light. We can live in ways that spread love and hope. We can continue the hard work of seeking justice.
We must also remember that there are people and systems that seek to perpetuate and intensify darkness. But these forces cannot turn on the dark. They can only succeed by extinguishing someone else’s light.
Let’s never allow someone else to turn off our light.