Jonathots Daily Blog
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In the Good Book, it states, “Work while it’s day, for the night comes when no man works.”
One might have a tendency to become cynical since that statement was written in a time where the world ran on “candle power.” Since then, we’ve become more advanced in the ability to light up the night incandescent. But the idea is not solely based on whether the night hours can be illuminated by bulbs. There is a night that has nothing to do with a light show.
I once told my children that nothing good happens after 10:00 P.M. They gave me the obligatory stare of disapproval, since all of them deeply enjoyed staying up late, attempting to be grown-up and independent.
There is a power to light.
There is an energy infused into our beings when the daily sunshine offers encouragement for the possibility of our scheme.
The absence of that particular brightness robs us of the chemicals to our brain which induce true creativity and welcome transparency.
I believe that.
During a very brief stint, I ran sound at a Blues Bar. Everything was dark–only partially revealed through colored lights, smoke hanging in the room. Eight o’clock at night at the Blues Bar was festive, exciting and filled with celebration. By ten o’clock, a new element was in the room, which brought less jubilation and more confrontation. By the time the bar closed, a darkness, misery and dismal cloud hung over the room, festering the occupants and making people irritable and fussy.
We need light.
We have convinced ourselves that the study of darkness is the evidence of our maturity and the scope of our receptivity. Hogwash.
Dark is dark and light is light, and when all is said and done, you will be remembered by how much light you brought into the world and how much darkness you dispelled.
Here are three things I know–a trio of ideas that I incorporate into my daily life and message which comfort me in knowing that I am becoming “the light of the world” instead of encouraging bleakness. I tell people:
- We can be honest. Yes, darkness requires deceit in order to function.
- We can do better. When we begin to accept the mediocre, what we actually achieve is destitution.
- We are not alone. To preach the absence of God, love or even a cosmic karma which returns our actions back to us is to turn the light off in the human soul, making us all blind.
There is a night that falls on our society, and it’s best to be tucked away in your home, safe and sound.
For truly, any New Yorker will tell you that Central Park is a beautiful place … until the sun goes down.
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