Flashlight(퍼온글)

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Flashlight  

                    by James Bronner

Most parents have had some experience with kids waking up withbad dreams at some point or another.

If not bad dreams, thensurely every parent has had to deal with invisible monstershiding in the closet or under the bed.

Recently my wife and I had a bout with our oldest son waking usout of the comfort of our warm bed to come into his room andscare off something that was fear itself.

It was three in the morning and even though it can be thesweetest word on earth when you get home from work, it is notso sweet when heard at three in the morning.

"Daddy"

I came into my son's room to see what the problem was.

The first time it was, "I think I saw something."

The second time it was, "I think I heard something."The third time it was, "I'm just scared."

I had to get up early in the morning and go to work. I am avery patient man but my sleepiness was wearing my patience down.The wee hours of the morning had me delirious so I warned him,"If you call me one more time, I'm going to give you somethingto be afraid of." 

Two minutes later. "Daddy"

I came into the room and staying true to my promise, even thoughit hurt my heart to do so, I gave him a tap on the leg; afterall, I had to get some sleep. Walking back to my bed like aweary victor of war, I said, "It wasn't easy but that took careof that."  Five minutes later.

"Daddy"

I lay in bed for a while at my wit's end on what to do,I had given up.

I knew that if I went and slept in his room with him he wouldwant me to do it every night that he felt fear.

I laid therebasking in a feeling of stripped victory. In the stillness ofthe night, a light popped on in my head.

It was a literal light.I saw a picture in my head of a flashlight.

I immediately got out of bed, went to the hall closet, got theflashlight out and took it to my son's room.

I handed it to himand told him "Light has a special power to make monsters goaway,

when you think you see or hear something just cut thelight on and shine it in that direction and whatever it is willhave to go away."

I went back and got into bed with apprehensiveness againstgetting to sleep too soundly. I listened for about five minutesthen I saw a circle of light shining in my son's room. I waitedfor that demanding title of "Daddy," but all I heard was thestillness of the night.

This same principle is true in the lives of adults. Many times,we are afraid of that which can really do us no harm.

Our flashlight can be knowledge; most of the time we fear whatwe don't understand. As we become more enlightened on somethingthat seems scary, peace will come.

The light doesn't really chase away monsters living in theshadows, it just changes our eyesight to see that the room, thebusiness, the school, the marriage, and the assignment is not asscary as it looked without the light on.

Whatever you are afraid of, shine some light on it.

Constantly remain happy and constantly distribute happiness because happiness will increase when you distribute it!

[Steve Kim]

이 나이에도 컴컴한 곳에서는 가끔 공포가 느껴지던데... 물리적은 어둠도 문제지만 마음에 어두움도 근심 걱정을 낳고..하여간 밝은 마음이 중요하지요....그런데..빛과 어둠을 함깨 창조하신 하나님 이니..우리에겐 두가지가 다 필요한 모양...밤과 낮이 반복 되듯 어둠과 밝음이 반복되는 것이 인생 아닐지..

[oxcal]

어둠을 창조했다는 것은 들은적, 본적이 없는듯한데 내가 치매기가 있어서 잊어버린것인가 ??? 트히나 빛과 어둠을 함께 (at the same time frame ?) 창조했다는 것은 뭔가 쬠 이상하다...

[Steve Kim]

어둠이 창조 되지 않았다면...어둠은 원래부터 있었다고??? 그럼 진화론인겨??? 남자와 여자를 창조하시고 또 해와 달도 짝을 맞춰 창조하시고 ..이렇게 선과 악을 또 빛과 어둠을 창조 하셨다고 혀야지!!!! 책에 써진 것 밖에 모른다고??? 그럼 초등학생인가벼...ㅎㅎ

[oxcal]

그러게... 내사 초등학교 수준인것같아. 근디 시찌부공은 아직도 기저기차고 젖먹고있다는구먼... ㄲㄲㄲ... 둘다 무식한건 비슷한거 같제 - 무식한게 좋은거 라더군.