What makes you tick? What inspires you to get out of bed everyday? For some, it’s the sound of early morning birds chirping away, for others the fast paced hustle of city life and traffic that sparks sheer joy.
This year may have been a rough one for you, with many challenges and difficulties, what matters most is how you reacted and responded, how you dealt with the troubles life brought your way.
I’d like you to humour me for a moment. Imagine that your life and who you are was like burning candle. The brightness intensity of your candle determined by your morals, your maturity in difficult times and your ability to persevere. You see, candle light in a dark room is not only beneficial to you as the candle holder, but also beneficial for others in the room too. So too, the brightness that you radiate from your ‘candle of life’ needs to not only support you, but also influence those around you.
When we pour effort into things that matter like relationships, friendships and marriages, we will reap great harvests. This Christmas, what are you spending time, energy and effort on? Things that matter most, or are you wasting time and resources on pointless things that don’t achieve much or things that don’t add value to your life and the lives of people around you?
It’s easy to light a candle and participate in a carols by candle light event, and just sing along for the sake of singing, but unless you take ownership of your life and apply yourself in this world, you’ll hardly be noticed.
Remember, no matter how bright your candle burns, every ounce of light is necessary to disperse darkness – this Christmas, let’s all strive to burn brightly, making necessary changes to our lives so that we can burn accurately and brightly, a beacon of hope for all to see.