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Imagine you are in a huge dark room.

Everyone in the room is holding a candle and so are you.

You are at the front of the room looking out at the others.

They are doing their best to look at you, but the room is so dark that they cannot see much.

There is only one difference between you and them.

Your candle is lit.

When you light the candles of everyone else in the room, their lives are brightened.

When you see their happiness, your life is enlightened too. And, here is the best news:

your candle is diminished in no way by sharing your flame with hundreds or millions of others.

Share your light. Teach what you know.

You may be hesitant fearing that you have nothing to teach. My experience is that you indeed do have valuable information to teach others.

If you have been at your job for at least one year, you know immeasurably more than you knew when the job started.

If you have children, you have learned giant life lessons.

If you are single, married, divorced, or remarried – in all those matrimonial states, you have learned huge lessons.

If you’ve recovered from a severe illness or a big accident or a huge business failure or an investment calamity, then for sure you have learned lessons.

Your candle is lit.

There are so many others standing hopefully in front of you wishing that they knew those lessons you have learned. They want you to light their candle.

Light their candles.

Teach them what you know.

Brighten the world.