Step out of the shade

In these days of Epiphany the focus is on light and hope.  One of the profound and most shared moments from the inauguration ceremony in the USA on January 20th was the incredible poet Amanda Gorman reading her poem, "The Hill We Climb".  Her poem reflects this theme... especially the closing lines:

When day comes we step out of the shade,

aflame and unafraid

The new dawn blooms as we free it

For there is always light,

if only we're brave enough to see it

If only we're brave enough to be it

May we be brave to see the light.  Or, as Leonard Cohen, another poet, wrote:  

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in

Let the light shine through the cracks!  May you see the hope and step out of the shade.