VISION-CANDLE

One night, a host offered his blind visitor a lantern to carry home with him. The blind man declined saying, ‘Darkness or light is all the same to me.’ The wise host persisted, ‘I know you do not need a lantern to find your way, but if you don't have one, someone else may run into you.’

The blind man started off with the lantern and before he had walked very far someone ran squarely into him. ‘Look out where you are going!’ he exclaimed to the stranger. ‘I maybe blind, but can't you see this lantern?’ The person replied, ‘Brother, I did not notice you as your candle has burned out!’

Now let’s recast the above characters. The blind man in the story is one of us. The stranger is a person who crosses our path. The lantern symbolises the persona we carry. The candle represents our vision. The path represents our life purpose, our mission…

Look around and you will notice that personalities, who stand out in a crowd, are the ones who keep sharing their dreams, their hopes and their vision. They are noticeable because they ensure that their vision-candle is burning bright. Others easily notice this vision-candle and the person who carries it. In fact, it is even better noticed when things around appear dark and bleak

People, who have no prior experience of our abilities, are more likely to notice our potential if we carry our vision-candle. Holding out vision has dual benefits: it lights up our path as well as defines our positive standing in the eyes that we encounter! Hence we must be better at keeping alight our vision-candle to ensure that the lantern of our personality is consistently illuminated.

To BE BETTER at being noticed positively on the dark way
Our vision-candle must be lit every moment every day!

- Pravin K. Sabnis

Goa, India.