I sat in the dark

As you know from prior blogs, I get up very early and spend the first few hours of every day doing spiritual reading, studies, writing, drawing, meditating, etc. It is my treasured alone time. The rest of the household, including the corgis, are still asleep. I stay quiet. This morning when I turned on the light in my study, the place I spend my alone time, the light wouldn’t work. The light bulb in the lamp was burned out. It is the only source of light in that room. I lit a candle and just sat in the dark.

Yes, I could have found another light bulb, but not without making noise and waking others. I decided to just enjoy the darkness. As much as we talk about the light, there’s something very nourishing about the darkness. There’s fewer distractions and it forces you to pay attention to what’s right in front of you rather than being pulled in other directions.

There are dark forces at work in our world and always have been. We shouldn’t let that make us fear darkness in whatever way we encounter it. Whether through the darkness of night or the darkness of someone’s skin tone, it’s important to remember darkness can offer as much clarity and solace as light can. It’s all a matter of where we put our attention and how receptive to each we are.

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