Anisette Studio

Good morning! What makes the world turn today? First that morning cup of coffee! May the sun come out!

Today I opened To Everything There Is A Season to page 98. An interesting page to open to, a thought-provoking page to open to.

“When there is no fear of darkness____ the night is friendly____ laughter from somewhere____ cicadas churring in seeming unison____ moonlight bathing in treetops, and____ the footsteps of another stroller.”

Most of the fears we have of darkness____ is our though of what might be____ the same as many fears and unfortunate experiences are generated by though going in the wrong direction____ For we attract to us so much of the wrong by running scared____ because other people are running scared____ and in turning our thoughts to a higher level____ we find the night is a restful time.”

“Night throws a clock of protection and quiet peace about the shoulders____ allowing us to reflect on the hours before and the hours come_____ when light will again thrust us into activity____ and the charms of night is then impossible____ It seems night offers more solitude_____ more opportunity to think more deeply____ for even great artists and sculptures need long periods os silence and solitude____ to be creative they must have time to listen and time to vision____ the constant clamor and interruption of daylight seems to scatter the creative forces.” Joyce Hifler.

I love to think of night as being what Hifler writes about. I often sat at the big windows at night as a child looking at the lawn. I especially loved it when the moon was out. I was higher up and could see a lot from my perch on the bed.

This said, I find more applicable meanings here as there are other kinds of darkness which we fear. Our world is full of another type of darkness. Not necessarily the dark of night. But night is night, and it can be a comfort from other forms of darkness, as long as we find a way to balance thoughts. To not find balance means restlessness. The mind will stack up its pros and cons of what is happening in the world. We need thoughts into a balanced view. Not lace it with fears that run amuck. There are things beyond us. We cannot make others do as we would like them to do. We can influence them by our own behaviors that speak of our best mindsets. Positive will beget positiveness. The good things are there! Being afraid because others are is not the way to go. Seeing things for what they are and finding the strength from within is the way to go. Handle what us immediate to you, and yours. If we all do this, it will ripple on. Pick your battles where you can fight them. Learn when to fight that darkness. Those things that make you afraid bring them into the light and truly see what they are. Most times the things we fear dismantle on its own because the dawn always comes shedding its light. Don’t add to the fire that will last until it burns out as it runs out of the fuel that fires it. Don’t feed the fire by being scared of the night.

Best wishes! Pejj Nunes