Friday, January 13, 2012

Lightheartedness

You may notice that over there in the right hand column, I refer to this blog as "lighthearted". Today on the train, I was thinking about this description and started wondering... what exactly is lighthearted? And does this blog qualify? Here's what I came up with. My own definition of lighthearted: coming from a place that recognizes that our essence is goodness (i.e., our hearts are filled with light, we just have to reveal it). I don't particularly care for the dictionary definitions of "free from seriousness", "cheerfully optimistic" or "not being burdened by trouble". Light is not the opposite of serious. It's the opposite of dark. Darkness veils and conceals; it is unseeing. Light allows us to see. It is not just a fluffy surface thing. It penetrates deep within-into your very serious core. It is joyful, but not necessarily optimistic or without worry. Just because something is illumined does not mean it will never encounter any challenges. It doesn't trick itself into thinking everything is perfect. It sees that there is negativity and it brightens it in someway. So that's what I think about the whole lighthearted thing. What do you say? Is this blog lighthearted?

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