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Posted on January 14, 2013January 14, 2013 by Andrew

It had been a rough period for him – his business had failed, he’d lost his home and later his wife, and the emotional toll was, he felt, significant.

Debt and death had a funny way of reaching into the depths of one’s being and shutting out the light he mused, and as he reflected on the past few years he realized that his world was much darker than he had previously thought.

He posited that the problem with darkness was that light alone was insufficient to illuminate one’s existence – one needed energy as well, otherwise the light would flicker out as quickly as it had been created.

His problem, he realized, was that he was exhausted both mentally and physically – energy was something that escaped him, instead he felt drained and lifeless.

He felt her before he knew her, sensing her vitality and her light that burned with such intensity he was sure he would go blind if he looked into her eyes; he looked anyway and as he did so he realized that that same light was the end of the tunnel.

Lillie McFerrin Writes

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3 thoughts on “Inspire”

  1. josie2shoes says:
    January 14, 2013 at 6:41 pm

    Writing excellence! Spirituality mingles with imagery in a tale that says just enough to let us write the ending as we choose. I liked it very much!

  2. lisashambrook says:
    January 15, 2013 at 5:23 am

    So beautiful. Often we feel so drained it takes real effort to pick ourselves up. I love the light she gives him, when all else has failed!

  3. Sandra says:
    January 16, 2013 at 3:19 am

    Great imagery. I liked this.

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