In this final post about shining, I want to share a brief thought and a short, related poem.

The thought:

True shining is born when we are what we are created to be and we do what we are created to do. When those two factors dwell together in a person’s life, genuineness and warm peace are sure to result.

The poem:

Solaris

On the fourth day

He made

Lights to shine and guide.

The greater,

A star so near it would be our sun,

Began to burn,

To do its work.

“An assignment or an existence?”

We may now ask

While sitting, warmed in its ancient rays.

Can the two, by design, be separated?

Why

Would we try?