One flame is enough to dissolve shadows.
It doesn’t take a bonfire or a torch — just a single spark to remind us that light is always possible.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to carry light when everything feels uncertain. Life has a way of piling on darkness: the losses, the deadlines, the quiet grief of things that used to work but no longer fi

There are seasons where I’ve felt almost extinguished. Burnt out from caregiving, from building businesses, from trying to hold it all together. What once brought me warmth suddenly felt cold. That’s the thing about transitions: they often take away the familiar glow and leave you fumbling in the dark.

But light doesn’t always arrive as grand revelation. Sometimes it’s just a candle on the table. A reminder that warmth can return in small ways. Entrepreneurship, parenthood, illness, even grief — all of it can feel like shadow work. And yet, if you’ve chosen this path, you know that a spark is enough to keep going.

Carving your own way, creating instead of following, is like tending a fragile flame. Most people don’t see the sacrifices it takes. They can’t feel the cold nights when the fire is almost gone. But if you’ve stood in that darkness, you know how powerful a single light can be.

I light candles often — not to chase the shadows away completely, but to remember that shadows are part of the room. The flame doesn’t need to banish them. It only needs to burn. And so do we.

Ritual Invitation:
Light a single candle tonight.
Sit with it for a few minutes. Watch the flame move.
Notice how it both reveals and creates shadows. Let that be the reminder: you don’t need to eliminate darkness — only keep your light alive.

Your Turn:
What flame have you kept alive in your life, even when things felt dark?
Share a few sentences about the light you tend to — for yourself, for others, or for the world.