Light In and Light Out

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
Desiderius Erasmus

I totally love the way natural light adds patterns and movement to any surface it touches.  I took this picture of early morning light streaming in my window this winter.  It makes me think about how important it is to keep a soft and open heart so that light in the world around me can add movement and patterns to my life.

People are like stained - glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross




About a month ago I was out very early in the morning, and I came upon a church with the light just radiating out through beautiful windows, and I thought, "That's what I want my life to do this year.  I want the light I have to just be beauty in the darkness."


And so I find light that comes into my life is the essential component to radiate beauty in my world.

Today may you find the light you need 
leaving lovely patterns on your life.


May you find yourself filled with light 
that spills out into your world 
leaving beauty wherever it lands.