There's a Light

Hi everybody.

How are you?

Yeah...same. Yesterday was a tough day.

I started all this wandering around every morning a long time ago to help myself deal with all of the darkness we've been subjected to. It really has made a difference. I am not sure I'd be functional right now without my daily walks. 

Usually, the photos I take are pretty random. Just whatever I happen to notice that day. But sometimes when I head out, I pick a theme, like circles, or colors, or plants that look like fireworks...you get the idea. 

Today I picked light. Because I thought we could all maybe use some. 

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.

-MLK

The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.

-Ida B. Wells Barnett

If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light.

-Rumi

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.

-Maya Angelou

It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

-Leonard Cohen

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

-Desmond Tutu

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.

-Rabindranath Tagore

As long as there's light, we've got a chance.

-Poe Dameron (The Force Awakens)

Here comes the sun, dood-n-doo-doo.

Here comes the sun, and I say,

it's all right.

-George Harrison

Even Rufus is finding the light this morning.

As we continue to be faced with darkness, I think we all have to do what we can to make light. This morning, I saw this sticker from a white supremacist MAGA group on a post downtown. 

Very Dark. 

So, I peeled it off and texted a picture of it to our mayor.

A tiny thing, but every little thing helps. 

I get made fun of a lot for saying that, but it's true. We can all do tiny little things, and there are a LOT of us. I mean, just scroll back up and remind yourself what Mrs. Roosevelt said!

Some links for today:

A really good Wilco song about light here. 

Ways to make a difference here.

Hang in there.

Onward.