The Gospel today was on preferring darkness to light. I am pondering how the light often comes as self-awareness, mediated by honest insight about ourselves by others, whether positive or critical. It accompanies failure, too, after reaching out for a potential good and not realizing it, for lack of determination or foresight or teamwork. This is precious knowledge, indeed, hard won and to be treasured. Anyone who finds a friend capable of speaking to such knowledge with candor and grace has found a sturdy shelter, a treasure beyond reckoning.

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