The poet Rumi has some amazing things to say about light.

In your light, I learn how to love.

Don’t you know yet? It is your light that lights the worlds.

If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.

And my personal favorite:

The wound is the place where the Light enters you.

We often don’t see our own light. Not surprisingly – most people find it difficult to recognize how amazing they are. We often don’t see our own wisdom, or our own strength.

Our light represents our hope, our joy, our love, our peace. It allows us to brighten the lives of each other. 

Sometimes the light is a firework, blindingly bright, but brief. Sometimes it’s a candle, soft, but steady.

No matter how dimly or brightly it shines at any moment, we should embrace our light. And the light that we find in each other.