REFLECTED LIGHT

REFLECTED LIGHT

GOOD MORNING

Once a child was heard correcting an adult who said that the moon had been shining brightly the night before. The child listened and then said, ‘The moon has no light of its own. It shines because it reflects the light of the sun. ‘Brilliant! And true.

We are like the moon. There are days when we have no light of our own. In fact, there are days when we are pretty dark. If we met ourselves on those days we’d be a bit flat and lack luster.

There are other days when we are like the moon in another way- we have no light of our own but we do shine a bit. On these days, we reflect others’ light back out into the world- the love and friendship and support we get from others. Even though we may be a bit flat or lack luster, on these days we are lighter – feeling and hopefully others see that in us.

To have others in our lives who give us light is so important. Being connected to them keeps us going. It keeps us focused on the realities of life. It keeps our heads above water on the difficult days.

Pause now and give thanks for the people in your life who give you their light for you to reflect it back out into the world.

Now, take a minute and think about someone or some people whose lives you might shine a little light into. Remember, others are like the moon too.

The spiritual path in life involves embracing the fact that we are indeed like the moon- we have no light of our own. Any light we have comes from outside of us. We believe it comes from God. And we believe that God wants to shine light into all of our lives, for all of us. We have only to be open to letting the light in.

Reflection Questions

What is the light I need to live by (what are the false sources of it?

How can I be more transparent to reflecting light?

 Where do I need to let my light shine?