@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.