EludingLights

Witheverypassingmoon,therearehundredsofbillionsofstars,someofwhichshining
brighterthanothers.But,thethingwithstarsisthatnoteverystarisequal,andnoteverystaris
noticedforthebeautyandintegritythattheyobtain.People,muchlikestars,arealsooften
underappreciatedfortheirradiance.Thistrendhappensmoreoftenthanourmajoritywouldlike
toadmit.Asforme,Ibelieveinthegoodinpeople.

Massiveandmarvelousstarseffortlesslydrawawefromwhoevermayhavecaughtsight
oftheirbeauty.Anditstrue,thesestarsaregrandandbreathtaking.However,thesefewthatwe
noticewhentheskiesareclearandthemoonisfullonlyaccountforsmallportionofthevery
densepopulation.Thestarsthatnestinthebackgroundbecometranslucenttothenaturaleye,
andseldomreceivecreditforthelusterthatwasgiventothem,yettheystillshine.Asforthe
starssmalleryet,thatarenevermentioned,norexalted,stillyieldthesameluminosity.

Muchliketheseunspokenstars,softspokenpeoplealsogounnoticedforthegooddoings
theypracticeeachday.Possiblytheoverspokenpeopleaswell.Or,howabouttheactionswhich
reflecttheamiabletraitsoftheperson.Tangentially,afootprintthegoodthatsleftbehindinthe
wakeofoneofthereallifeshiningstars.See,thethingis,lightislightnomatterhowbright.The
arthereistakingthetimetonoticetheunnoticeable,andappreciatethebrillianceandtheglory.

Seeingsuchbeautyintheworldinspireshopeandadmiration,influenceandaffability.
Peoplearesoquicktolabelothersashoodlums,delinquents,gangsters,orcriminal,butthese
wordsdonotdefineapersonandtheirentirety.Tofindsomeonewhoishonestlybadtothecore,
wouldbetofindastarthatdoesntshine.Suchincidentsdontexist.

Ibelievethatthisgoodheldwithineachindividualcontainsapowermuchlikeastar.A
starsshineisavisualrepresentationoftheenergyandvigorthathasbeenmusteredfrominside.
Moredirectly,astareludeslightasaformofheatreleasecausedbythecompactionofhydrogen
gassesinthestarsregion.Thispoweristhesameastheoneharnessedforuseasaweapon:
nuclearfusion.Apowerthismighty,whenobtainedbyanyoneperson,couldpotentiallyleadto
wonderfulactsofkindness.Thispoweristhelightleakingfromthestarsinthesky,and,ifyou
lookcloseenough,thisgoodtranspireseveryminute,ofeveryday,ofeveryyearthisI
believe.