Sharing
without Diminishing
I
love this analogy. A single candle can
light a thousand more without diminishing itself. (Hillel the elder c.30 B.C. – 10 A.D.
Scholar)
This
gives me a new metaphor for what I do. I
write my blogs. I give them away, so to
speak, never asking for any kind of payment.
Often, I’ll receive a nice comment from a reader somewhere, and that
becomes my payment of sorts.
And
in my writing, perhaps I spark a life with an idea or an ideal. And that life sparks another, and so on.
I’m
none the less for this. I eat, I sleep,
I earn an income, and I write.
Nowadays,
I can’t help but write. My only prayer
is that the sparks continue. May my
words illuminate someone’s life and soul.
And
for that privilege I give thanks.
Something to
think on,
in less than
60 seconds.
P
Michael Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration