Candle

In today’s neoliberalism structure, the strong survive, and rarely share among its competitors. While it is nice to share, it has become a trait lost as we grow older. Interestingly, a national survey showed 43% of parents believed a child should be able to master sharing by age 2. In fact, sharing is an important social skill. 

Within business a sharing economy involves short-term peer-to-peer transactions to share use of idle assets or services. While this helps facilities collaboration, it is only temporary and when it involves idle or pointless assets and services. Notice those deemed unworthy are shared, for the sole purpose. 

Father James Keller kindly reminds us of sharing at times does not cost us anything. The candle can be a representation of our life rather than our goods, assets, or material wealth. If we look at the King James Bible, the candle often is used as a metaphor for a person’s life, spirit, or a means to push away darkness. 

This concept of one candle lighting another, while losing nothing could mean something simpler. 

Life is hard. For some harder than others. For someone to help another, the act of sharing by showing humanity is a self-less act. It can be argued by performing this humane action, it costs very little or nothing from the one who has. 

Personally, I would like to think in a world that tells us to fight for our own personal benefits, a simple reminder to help others can make someone’s day a bit brighter. 

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