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Daily Question, August 15

What does the dark allow me to see?

  • grateful sea

    Fireflies! In daylight, they look so ordinary. In darkness, they astonish.
    How they are compelled to rise up, to shine.

    Some people are like that. Luminaries who rise to the darkness of their times. Blessed be.

  • Susan

    Not sure what is meant by ‘dark’ so I am going to take this literally. The dark or the night is very calming and peaceful. Sometimes, I wake up in the middle of the night and it is indeed dark. There isn’t much to see and yet, I can see from within. Often I can see God more clearly in the dark.

  • Michael

    it really forces me to rely upon what I should be relying upon in the light. calm thinking, rational thinking, positive thinking that it is going to work out. there is a real peace in the dark.

  • Hot Sauce

    The dark teaches me to get through the cave, through the crucifixion experience, and come out to the light, to the resurrection experience. It temporarily makes life more difficult so as to bring new life in the long run.

  • Always Learning

    I have a real sense of peace in the dark. It slows me down and gives me the opportunity to think. I do a lot of reflecting in the dark. It always gives me internal light.

  • Palm

    Also finding the word of the day particularly comforting, no need to know what is coming but, in the darkness, I can find guidance in every bit of light along the way

  • KC

    The dark invites me to see what is important, essential and real.

    I appreciate the Thomas Merton quote today – you do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.

  • Antoinette

    The darkness shows me that there’s always light at the end of the tunnel!
    Just like the thought of the day reminds us, we don’t always know or even need to know where that light leads us.
    Life always unfolds for us and the beauty is in allowing. Letting go of the resesatance we have or the control we may want to have.
    Our divine light shows us exactly what the truth is. Love shines the way through the darkest of times.

  • Deb

    The dark, be it physical, emotional or spiritual allows me to practice trust, trust that I continue to be surrounded by light.

  • Michael

    The growing light of compassion.

  • Trevor

    The dark as in time of day where the sun isn’t visible? Or the dark as in the area of life where the most suffering lurks?

    Either way, the dark allows me to see my inner light. Well maybe I’m not an entirely luminous and radiant being just yet but one day!

    “I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.” ~ Hafiz of Shiraz

  • Christine

    Sometimes the dark allows my imagination to create. The creations can be things of beauty or things that are concerning

  • Kevin

    I have fond memories from my farming days of walking down into the pasture at 4 AM to bring the cows up to the barn for milking. The waning night sounds slowly giving way to daybreak still on the distant horizon; the rising mist; an owl’s mournful far-off hoot; the smell of hay curing in a nearby field. Every sound and smell fills in what cannot yet be seen, assisting the eyes that wait for daylight.
    – Kevin

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