The Light Within

“And then there were the poets, those unbelievable people so different from other men, who told anyone who would listen that a wish is more important than a fortune, and that a dream can weigh more than iron or steel.”― Jacques Lusseyran, And There Was Light

“Inside me there was everything I had believed was outside. There was, in particular, the sun, light, and all colors. There were even the shapes of objects and the distance between objects. Everything was there and movement as well… Light is an element that we carry inside us and which can grow there with as much abundance, variety, and intensity as it can outside of us…I could light myself…that is, I could create a light inside of me so alive, so large, and so near that my eyes, my physical eyes, or what remained of them, vibrated, almost to the point of hurting… God is there under a form that has the good luck to be neither religious, not intellectual, nor sentimental, but quite simply alive.”― Jacques Lusseyran, And There Was Light

Hidden within you the whole time.
Not off in far off places.
In other people.
In circumstances or some day “when”
Your light.
The well you rush by each day on the way to puddles.
Deep waters. Big sky. Brilliant light.
Within.
Home in you.
The light within awaits your attention, kindness and care.
Feed the fire.
Shine.

“Two truths: the first of these is that joy does not come from outside, for whatever happens to us it is within. The second truth is that light does not come to us from without. Light is in us, even if we have no eyes.”― Jacques Lusseyran, And There Was Light