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By Andryce Andres / April 2026

Every being has a light within them.

This light illuminates our ideas, our stories, our strength, and our sadness too.

There are many ways our light can feel at any given moment.
Sometimes we hold it close to our hearts, like a whisper.
Sometimes it moves freely, dancing like a song offered to the sky.

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Communication is an exchange of light. It is the reciprocity of sharing and receiving.

It is a powerful gift of truly hearing the spark and seeing the glow and feeling the warmth of one another’s light.

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When we choose to share our light – however it shows up –  when we try something new, meet someone new, or act with courage, we honor our own light.

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And when we deeply listen – with our ears, eyes, a present body, an open heart, and a mind full of wonder – we begin to see and feel the light in someone else.

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We honor another’s light by listening to their words, by noticing the brightness in their eyes, the expressions on their face, the movement in their body.

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What a gift it is to hear one another’s ideas, to share stories, to witness both strength and sadness.

May all hearts speak their authentic light.

May the world be illuminated by it – pure, genuine, and quietly magical.