In my Canadian home, several of my lights had a dimmer switch.  Turn the knob to subdue the brightness, to soften.

In my Belgian home, I had an electrician install globe lights in four ceilings.  When the question of dimmers came to my mind, the immediate answer was No.  “If I want a romantic glow, I’ll use candles.”

The image of dimming is useful to me.  I don’t want it.  Right now, though, I’m physically dim.  My doctor says I’ll be back to full strength in two or three weeks.  I patiently wait for the dancing and the cross-trainer to return.  Spiritually I’m soaring. 

And now the thoughts of others:

David Francey said this in song …

That storm overtook us
And it fell like the night
And the Point and the Island
They passed out of sight

But we sailed on rock steady
Set course through the storm
As the sky fell upon us
And the wind drove us on

And I thought to myself
I’d be just like this ship
If I kept my light burning
On every trip

The watch it was ended
With the turn of the night
And I wrote in that log book
All lights burning bright

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Jack Kornfield said this in speech …

In the end, these things matter most:

How well did you love?

How fully did you live?

How deeply did you let go?

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Full … shining … alive

All of us, please