“No amount of darkness can put out the light of a single candle. ”
- Lisa Kuester
I will tell you a little known fact. I was an adult who was afraid of the dark. Yup. Imagine all grown up and happy if there was nice bright street lamp shining outside my bedroom window. Why would a grown woman feel like a child when the lights go out?
To add to the dark thing, I also had nightmares ... of monsters. I’m just putting it all out there now. Really, in my 20’s, I would wake up troubled and embarrassed. (Kinda like I'm embarrassed to even be telling you this now...) I thought only little boys in movies had nightmares of monsters. To be alone in the dark was an unsettling state of being until a friend put the candle analogy in my mind. It was instantly comforting. The fear of the dark, I came to understand, was just a fear of the unknown, a fear of the mysterious. So many of us have a relationship only to what we see. Yet there is more and more scientific evidence that proves that what we see is only 5% of the universe. How can you make it through the dark night if you can’t imagine the dawn you can not see? How can you be sure the light will come? Experience tells us it will. We have faith because of what we have come to know.
I was never afraid of the dark from that day forward. I understood right away that my candle is on the inside. If ever I am afraid I need only look in to be comforted. Now I even love the very dark night. It’s like being under the covers with a flashlight on. What an exciting adventure!
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you!
- Lisa Kuester
I will tell you a little known fact. I was an adult who was afraid of the dark. Yup. Imagine all grown up and happy if there was nice bright street lamp shining outside my bedroom window. Why would a grown woman feel like a child when the lights go out?
To add to the dark thing, I also had nightmares ... of monsters. I’m just putting it all out there now. Really, in my 20’s, I would wake up troubled and embarrassed. (Kinda like I'm embarrassed to even be telling you this now...) I thought only little boys in movies had nightmares of monsters. To be alone in the dark was an unsettling state of being until a friend put the candle analogy in my mind. It was instantly comforting. The fear of the dark, I came to understand, was just a fear of the unknown, a fear of the mysterious. So many of us have a relationship only to what we see. Yet there is more and more scientific evidence that proves that what we see is only 5% of the universe. How can you make it through the dark night if you can’t imagine the dawn you can not see? How can you be sure the light will come? Experience tells us it will. We have faith because of what we have come to know.
I was never afraid of the dark from that day forward. I understood right away that my candle is on the inside. If ever I am afraid I need only look in to be comforted. Now I even love the very dark night. It’s like being under the covers with a flashlight on. What an exciting adventure!
Namaste!
Bianca
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you!
