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Lights

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An evening in quiet candlelight tonight, mindful of ‘the saints’ – and of the sadnesses and gladnesses, the needs and the delights of humankind the world over.

And – having visited Gdańsk, Gdynia and Kraków in the past twelve months – a part of my heart is with friends in Poland tonight as I think of them celebrating All Saints-tide. Warm remembrance for them – the thousands of lighted candles in their burial places bringing to mind not so much death as life – the continuing lives of those who live on in the hearts of humankind here in this temporal world.

How grateful I am for my daily sense of our global connectedness. How mindful I am of our need to sit quietly sometimes to bring to mind and heart the gentle light that is at the core of every human presence, albeit sometimes well hidden.

Am I too pre-occupied to light a candle, with my iPad in my lap? Shall I be distracted? Or maybe take a nap? Ah, but I recall the last time a single candle stilled my mind: so, yes, I’ll light one, and sit with it and all the saints – connected, all of us, with a global humankind

Sometimes a gentle light surprises in the quiet of the night.

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Presence

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Widespread candlelight is one among many lovely things I’ve noticed during my stay in beautiful Denmark – in the hygge home of my kind hosts, in restaurants, cafés and public spaces. It’s warming and delightful. One of my Danish friends tells me it says something like ‘We’re here, now, and this moment is special.’ In a snowy landscape this week these moments are, indeed, very special and appreciated.

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Sunday evening mellowness

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Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared

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Reflection, by candlelight, in late evening, brings a procession of causes for gratefulness into my quietened mind. Conversation with a friend who enjoys both candlelight and quietness as much as I do. My first Feldenkrais class via Zoom. Books that draw out aha! or eureka moments on the one hand, and deep and glad recognition on the other. Creativity. Shared art. Shared imagination. Photographs made by two friends today, miles apart, but each depicting eerily beautiful morning mist in winter wonderland. Plans for comings and goings. Teamwork. Letters. Phone calls. Prayer. Celebration. Contemplation. Meditation. Daydreaming. Growing. Hoping. Learning. Longing. The illumination that relationship with others brings to life and love every day. Here in this candlelit, quiet Edinburgh night, the word ‘connection’ appears as though it were an illuminated sign before me. Connection. I am warmed and held as I think of all that can be brought to birth by a single candle contributing light to potentially thousands of others – lucky old me among them …

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Good energy

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Energy’s featuring in daily news has reminded me of the pleasure of evening candlelight in the last few weeks. There’s a deep silence in and around my Lakeland home at night, and the light of a single candle for company draws out a very particular kind of reflection and a quiet delight.

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