We live in precarious times, where the cruelty of certain leaders of this world seems to prevail over the will for peace and for life in the unity of the human community. Each day, we are not alone in thinking this way. With every second, every passing minute, every hour that goes by, we live through experiences that show we feel compassion for all those around us. Individually, we are but tiny grains of sand in humanity’s long journey. Yet each grain of sand, as it is consumed in this mortal life, through this passage on Earth that we assume, each little grain of sand, I say, emits a faint trace of light, humble and opalescent. And within this union of solitudes, of individual beings dissolving into one another, a vast aurora borealis illuminates all the souls of humanity. Your life is a source of light along my path, and mine is also along your own. We are very small stars that shimmer in the firmament. I bear witness to the shimmering of your being as you do to mine. I recognize the traces of your passage across the dune, among the grains of sand. We are night watchmen who turn darkness into dawn for a better future. Your passage is also ours, and your shimmer, is mine.
