Darkness thoughts on December 31, 2025

December 31,  2025  

We just finished the last class of 2025 a few minutes ago.  It was a midday breath-centered meditation class.  

This was the quote of the day:

“Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light”  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

Today, we started in the dark.  We started with the positives of the dark.

The dark is known to cultivate strong roots in plants.  

The dark can be a womb of creativity.  

The dark can be comforting and quiet.  

The dark can show one about one’s illumination.

The dark was a wonderful place to reflect on 2025–the experiences that helped define our values through the practice of gratitude.  

We took our gratitudes of 2025 and reflected.  As we reflected, our values are how we live our lives. Values are not static.  They morph and change as we grow and change.    They define our actions and our thoughts.  We can travel light by reflecting on our gratefuls and honing them into what we truly value–nuggets of our truth and our authenticity

We can live light by simplifying and being aware with our actions and choices and decisions.  

“Our enemy is not possessions but excess”  John Stott

“Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.”  Cesar Pavese

…”be the light”...

You already are.  

“You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in one drop”  Rumi

Just “be”

“spread the light”

You spread the light by just being. 

Just “be”

I invite you to travel “ lightly” into 2026

Be.