Lighting A Little Candle

--by warmth, posted Jun 29, 2007

Once upon a time a little candle stood in a room filled with other candles, most of them much larger and much more beautiful than she was. Some were ornate and some were rather simple, like herself. Some were white, some were blue, some were pink, some were green. She had no idea why she was there, and the other candles made her feel rather small and insignificant.

When the sun went down and the room began to get dark, she noticed a large man walking toward her with a ball of fire on a stick. She suddenly realized that the man was going to set her on fire. No, no!! she cried, Aaaaagghhh! Don't burn me, please! But she knew that she could not be heard and prepared for the pain that would surely follow.

To her surprise, the room filled with light. She wondered where it came from since the man had extinguished his fire stick. To her delight, she realized that the light came from herself.

Then the man struck another fire stick and, one by one, lit the other candles in the room. Each one gave out the same light that she did.

During the next few hours, she noticed that, slowly, her wax began to flow. She became aware that she would soon die. With this realization came a sense of why she had been created. Perhaps my purpose on earth is to give out light until I die, she mused. And that's exactly what she did.

God created you and I to produce light in a dark world. Like that little candle, we all can produce the same amount of light, no matter how small we are or what color we might be.

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Posted by warmth
Jun 29, 2007
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Readers Comments

juhi jain wrote: Shoooooooooooooooooooooo cute story
I love this story
How touching is it

Georgia wrote: Have you ever met someone who just... I don't know gives joy to people around them? well that's what my friends say I have. My name is Georgia Smith and I am 12 years old and I come from Adelaide, Australia and when I read this story it made me thing how special it is that there are people who told me this. I think that anyone who can make people feel happy is a wonderdul person and should use there gift as often as possible. Your story has made me relise the maning of my friends comments and what it means as I often say to my self that I wish I was some one else, some one who was good at every thing but guess what? I think my gift is very special and now I am going to go out and filling people with light and warmth. One last thing before I go I am often told that I am very funny so here is a little joke to pass around "She gets her good looks from her dad... hes a plastic surgent"

Big Hug
xoxoxox
Georgia

afriendlysmile wrote: Hi warmth
Really beautiful story,just about sums up what we are trying to do, shine a little light.

Love and smiles
afriendlysmile.

Aliennore wrote: life's brief candle..
just like all of us here
*_^

AURELIA wrote: Warmth,
We all have to Lighten Up! May our little lights shine and glow as we share with one another and live as brothers and sisters. :)

brighteyes wrote: Warmth..thanks for sharing
"It only takes a spark to get a fire going" or light a candle or light up a heart of another's life..
I am not believe though that God is outside us, I believe God is inside us at our very core, living in our heart and soul.
Also like the saying....that "Angels have wings because they take do not take life so seriously...they "lighten"
up....
Smiles & Blessings from Brighteyes

shez wrote: Beautiful Story Thanks....It filled me with light :)

lovebug wrote: Your story reminds me of a birthday cake with 100 candles on it, the honored quest could blow several times, but one candle would remain lit.

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