If you are going to follow
someone's light
into the darkness,
always carry batteries
and a spare bulb.

So, says my perpetual calendar this morning. This is a pretty good reminder for me. What is relays to me is that I should not put all of my faith in man because eventually the light will fade or become less bright due to circumstances. But it also reminds me that I emit a light of my own. It's like the Marianne Williamson quote says, "While we allow our light to shine, we unconsciously give permission for others to do the same." When someone appears to shine light in the darkness I don't merely need to follow I need to learn to create my own light.

Linda called late last night. I'm so proud of her. She's worked through some heavey duty issues with her foster mother and she's beginning to delve deeper into her family of origins.

This morning I head to Columbia for training. I think today we do CPR and First Aid. One the one hand I hope it ends early because I am tired of going to training and on the other I hope it goes the full time because I need the hours.