BE SOMEONE ELSE’S LIGHT

I was the fortunate recipient this morning of receiving the Light that someone else brought to my day. Our local library visits once per month in my building. Over the years I have been blessed to meet many wonderful women who bring books, videos and recorded books. They set up wheeled carts of books in our library or multipurpose room so that we may choose whatever we like. For those of us who have been using the service for years, the library staff has come to know what we enjoy most. From this knowledge has grown true friendships that last beyond the moments they visit us here.

I’ve been blessed with very wonderful women who, over the years, have become friends. The first was a lovely and energetic young woman named Brittany who, since we first met, has gone on to marriage and motherhood. The second was Jane, a wise and perceptive woman with whom I became friends over the years. Jane and her husband finally retired to a lovely lakefront home, and now enjoys her grandchildren on a regular basis. The two very kind women who visit us now are Valarie and Melanie. Like those who came before them, they shine the light on my day and on my world with each visit.

Valarie knows me well and always chooses titles by authors she knows will inspire, entertain and bring a new perspective, a new point of view into my life. This is precisely what I mean when I talk about what we do for others as shining a light into their world. We just never know the difference we may be making when we go out of our way … even just a little bit … to bring light to a place inside of a person or their life where that light is very much needed.

It doesn’t take a lot to make a pleasant and meaningful difference in the life of another. There are everyday heroes like Valarie and Melanie everywhere we look. We just have to be open to seeing beauty and an opportunity for friendship wherever we are lucky enough to find it. Each time I sit down to write this blog, I hope and pray that I am bringing just a little bit of light to someone out there.

NAMASTE