The Small Flame

He stands alone in the dark, completely blackness. We see nothing, we hear nothing, but sudden a small flicker of light comes into view. It’s a cigarette lighter, and it makes its way to a small wooden table and lights up a single candle.

And so there he sits by candlelight, alone in a small room, simply staring at the small flame.

It’s a tiny flame, nothing but a small flicker of light in a very large and mysterious world. In many ways the candle represents exactly what we are, just a flicker of light in the darkness, and really not much more than that. But we still burn though; the flame is still alive, just as I am still alive…
We…. We are still alive.

He thinks for a moment about what to say, yet words seem to fail him tonight. His thoughts run back to his reason for existence in this world, and more preciously who he has to thank for that.

For the longest time I’ve not really talked about him! I’ve mentioned him in passing, alluded to him, but I am yet to speak about him properly, his memory I believe I have yet to honour.

You know of course whom I allude to. My mind wanders back to some of his teachings on this dark evening. I remember him once telling me “The Joy is in the journey, not the other way around” and oh how right he was. There are many times in life when I’ve suddenly realised it was not the destination that really mattered, more the path we travel to get there. For if we don’t enjoy the journey of life, if we constantly strive to achieve something and have only the end goal in mind, then we will only want more at the end, and our life’s journey will never be complete.

And right now we are on a journey aren’t we Jude…. You and me, alone it would seem… are charged with keeping this small flame alive are we not? What is our goal my friend? What exactly is it we are trying to archive? I’ll be honest with you old friend, I’m really not sure! I know not where this path leads or what our true purpose is. But I know this…..the journey will take care of that for us…

And along that path together…. Well who knows where we will go or who we shall see! For people can pop up when you least expect them can’t they Jude?…. So let us see where this week’s journey takes us, and until then……..

Glenn blows the candle out and plunges us back into darkness….

I shall sit and wait.