Candles of Love

Our candles of love burn softly…yet our whole world they can illuminate, but our candles of love are fragile…they can be blown out by the winds of hate. When our candles of love are extinguished…when they surrender their last spark, with no more light of love to guide us…we are forsaken to live in the dark. If we don’t want to dwell in darkness…then we must not succumb to hate. We must share our candles of love with each other…before it is too late. We must abolish hate wherever we can…it must be eliminated…thrown out lest we find ourselves in eternal darkness…when that last candle has burned out. It’s easy for our candles of love to burn…those times I agree with you and you agree with me… and though it can be difficult it is also vital we keep our candles burning…those times we disagree. We are not naive enough to think disagreements will ever go away, but we are hopeful enough to think compassion, acceptance, reason and love…will, in the end, rule the day. For compassion, acceptance, reason and love are what keep our candles aglow in the midst of disagreements…when the winds of hate will blow. So we will stand up against anyone who advocates hate…with our candles burning bright… because when it comes to how we want to live…we much prefer the light. For we know it is much easier to walk with confidence…even when our candles of love are small… Whereas if we choose to walk in darkness…we know that we will fall.