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Beth Hyde's avatar

Beautiful reninder. And possibly even, the key has been lost in our own pocket where we never think to look.

G Charles MacDonald's avatar

An excellent lesson that America should take to heart. The People, right now, are the only hope for the US and the world.

Every day that goes by the hill gets steeper as we fall further into the abyss. The lies and threats are getting more and worse at the same time.

The light is quickly disappearing to the point where shortly there won’t be any light……

Amba Gale's avatar

This lands deeply.

What you’re pointing to—the places “where the light is better”—feels so true.

What I’ve come to see is that finding the key requires a different kind of listening.

What I call Sacred Listening is a way of entering those darker places—not to fix or analyze, but to listen beneath the surface.

Listening for the good intentions behind the masks.

Listening beneath the defenses and reactivity.

Listening within ourselves, where forgiveness restores freedom.

Listening to life itself, even in breakdown, as a teacher.

And perhaps most of all…

listening for the deeper truth that holds us all.

That kind of listening gives us the courage to step beyond the circle of light—

and stay there long enough to discover what is real.

Thank you for naming this so clearly.

Christianne Kuntz's avatar

Amen 🙏🏻 Thank you for the sermon of truth and encouragement!

Jeffrey Squire's avatar

Agreed. I would only add that we bring " The Light of Truth" with us, into the darkness.