Mary’s Minute
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
~ Martin Luther King Jr.
When tragedy strikes we cannot help but see the bad – the evil – in the world. I still believe with all my heart that there is so much more good than evil in the world.
I marvel every day at the good I see. We see it in small ways when strangers smile and say hello, and in big ways when we hear about people heroically sacrificing their lives for others. People give of their time, talent, and treasure to help people they may never personally know. There truly is so much good in this world; there is so much light. In times when the world turns dark, we must remember that it is light that drives out darkness. It is good - it is light that can defeat evil.
We are heartbroken, but we cannot let the darkness make us forget the light. We cannot be complacent, and we cannot forget the sadness, but we also should focus on the good.
We must continue to work on prevention. We must plan for the unthinkable. But we must focus on the good! We must see the good in others, focusing on the light and not the darkness. You are light; you are love. Please don’t let the darkness in the world make you forget that.
Be the light!
Mary
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