I was thinking about all the people that we come in contact with on any given day.  There is a range of folks, from far and wide.

Now my day started with an electrician, who was replacing a few canned lights in our house.   He was very nice, thorough, diligent, and seemed happy to be working through the tasks at hand .

But the job was before him.  Those lights have been here for 18 years, since we built the place. They were quite gnarly when he pulled them from their ceiling sockets.

And that got me thinking about lightbulbs.  Stay with me here.  I mean. Holy crapamoly.  There are a LOT of different kinds of lightbulbs in the world.

There are incandescents, halogens, and fluorescents.  New fangled CFLs, and LEDs.

We have bulbs that come out only once a year, and twinkle on Christmas trees.  There are flashbulbs, and big floodlights for the skies.  Bright and flashy neon lights… which buzz all the time.  So many lights… all different sizes, shapes, connections, and purposes.

Take our “for instance” here at the house.  Those old canned lights were  incandescent.  They used 65 watts of energy at a time, and could get very hot while they were in use.  Not so efficient.  But the new ones… the LEDs use only 10 watts, don’t get hot, and give off a beautiful white light.  Seemlessly.

Lots of bulbs with ways and purposes.  A kazillion different kinds… but in the end… they all have the same end in mind.  They  produce light.

And then I thought…. lightbulbs are….  just like people.  I think we might all just be here to shine our light. In some way or another.   To be good stewards of energy, and  share our individual brilliance with others.

Some people seem to do it better than others.  Some folks seem to be hot all the time, some are inefficient, or flashy, or twinkly.  A few are pretty dim.  Some though, are efficient, and steady.  Some people give off beautiful white light.  Seemlessly.

Our lives…. our light.  Each in our own way.

Now the next person I ran in to today, was the plumber.  I won’t really step in to that analogy tonight.

“You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss!”  — Sri Sathya Sai Baba