#candle
KEEP THE CANDLE BURNING
May we be blessed every day we are alive
to keep an open mind
keep an open heart
and never to stop learning
To keep the light of love
acceptance
compassion
liberty
and the light of justice burning
I KNEW SHE WAS A CANDLE
The first lesson of a candle
is how it loses nothing when it shares it’s light
In fact…when used to light another candle
it then burns twice as bright.
I knew she was a candle from the day I met her…
always willing to share her light…to help in any way.
She possessed the power of a candle
the ability to brighten up a day.
The second lesson of a candle
be it day or be it night
within the beauty of its flame
is the resilience of its light.
I knew she was a candle because the more she burned down
the more light she seemed to gain…
and even when she stopped burning…
her candle light remained.
I do not know the exact day her flame burned out
by that time she had long ago moved away…
but I do know the flame she shared with me
still lights my heart today.
I knew she was a candle the day I met her…
I could see the light within her eyes…
What I didn’t know is once she shared her light with me
Her light would never die.