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Aging Well | Last Active: 5 hours ago | Replies (396)
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@adr

This is such a wonderful post!

Aging gives us such wisdom to truly appreciate all that is around us. The small little gifts bring such joy, and we bless the big stuff, things we never thought would happen, and do.

I believe we all have the capacity to be a "spirit lifter". I like this term. There is a light inside of us that is begging to glow. Any small act of kindness will activate it. It make us and the people around us better. Pet, wildlife etc included.

Let it begin with me.

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brandysparks | @brandysparks | Aug 27 4:31am

@adr - I really like & appreciate your putting into words what I feel:

"There is a light inside of [each] of us that is begging to glow."

I once attended a service where each person was given a small candle, and theirs was lit by the person next to them, and so on to the next. At a certain point everyone holds up their light [candle]. It brought tears to my eyes, and [temporarily, for me] erased all of our differences, petty complaints and frustrations. Yet that image has been with me for over 25+ years now.

I look for that light in others, and I think I always will, but unfortunately somehow it seems to be hiding from others for fear of being blown out.

But still a hopeful image and memory of possibilities.

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