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I think I'm starting to understand.
It was some time ago that I received a message about being a light to people... a light whose time to shine had not yet arrived. But maybe it's not exactly as I interpreted it...
When I was young, I often said things, suddenly and without really thinking about it, that made some situation better. My grandmother took me along when she went to comfort an elderly woman whose brother had recently died, and I found myself saying something to her that brought a smile to her face and amazed my grandmother.
Tonight, I found muyself talking to a young man who says he has been told he will not live long into adulthood. After telling him my wariness about serious internet discussions because of people who make shit up to get some sympathy, we started talking. And he smiled, and he was amused, and I was able to give him serious relationship advice.
It was a chance meeting, and now I might have the chance to help some kids with a really tough situation.
Maybe I am not the guiding lantern. Maybe I am the comforting fire, keeping the darkness at bay until the sun can rise.
It was some time ago that I received a message about being a light to people... a light whose time to shine had not yet arrived. But maybe it's not exactly as I interpreted it...
When I was young, I often said things, suddenly and without really thinking about it, that made some situation better. My grandmother took me along when she went to comfort an elderly woman whose brother had recently died, and I found myself saying something to her that brought a smile to her face and amazed my grandmother.
Tonight, I found muyself talking to a young man who says he has been told he will not live long into adulthood. After telling him my wariness about serious internet discussions because of people who make shit up to get some sympathy, we started talking. And he smiled, and he was amused, and I was able to give him serious relationship advice.
It was a chance meeting, and now I might have the chance to help some kids with a really tough situation.
Maybe I am not the guiding lantern. Maybe I am the comforting fire, keeping the darkness at bay until the sun can rise.