This post is bought to you courtesy of Cathy Heller’s podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job.
The other day while driving, something that she said in response to a listener’s problem, really struck a chord with me. While that chord was resonating in the recesses of my mind it collided with some remaining thoughts on living our lives as beacons.
In that previous post I indicated that I’m a firm believer in action. People can talk (or write) all day long, but it is what they do that shows their true colors.
To shine our light out on the world we need to do the work. We need to do lots of work, to shine our light on as much of the world as we can, as it goes rushing by us. And as we work, if we are cognizant, our work can improve.
But act with caution, sometimes our talk and our walk won’t fit together very well. That will have the effect of throwing a shade on the light that you are shining out to your communities.
Worse, in the same way that your light can make the lights of those around you seem brighter, the shade that you throw can be big enough and thick enough, it might just dim the lights of those that have chosen be in your proximity.
So, take a moment every now and then to make certain that your thoughts, words, and actions are all coming from the same place. It’s never too late to adjust the trim of a wick. You can change the light that you send out onto the world, whether that is the light of the thoughts that you share with your communities or the true colors of the works of your life.