I have driven past this store window countless times. Its creative window display changes constantly. Since it's close to the University of Dayton campus, I thought it might be a gallery for the Art majors, but it's not - it's a framing store.
Today is the last day of Advent. In Christianity, Advent is the period of four weeks leading up to Christmas. It begins on the Sunday closest to November 30 (St. Andrew’s Day) and ends on the Sunday before Christmas, which is Christmas Eve this year. It is a time of anticipation and preparation for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ on Christmas Day.
Lighting candles on an Advent wreath is a common practice. The wreath has four candles, each representing one of the four weeks of Advent. A new candle is lit on each Sunday leading up to Christmas, each week with the candlelight getting brighter and brighter in celebration of the birth of Jesus.
Whatever your faith, be a light for someone. Just a little spark or twinkle or showing that you care can be enough to brighten someone's day.
“You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone — any person or any force — dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates… Release the need to hate, to harbor division and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.”
~ John Lewis
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