The presence of the full moon this week was beautiful. I loved how many of us took the opportunity to go outside in the stillness of the evening or in the quiet, predawn moments of the morning to gaze at the moon.
It got me thinking about how humans always look for the light. “Look on the bright side” is a favorite saying of our optimistic friends. At the same time, many of us clamor to catch the last rays of sunset or the first rays of the sunrise.
There are many of us, too, though, who sometimes struggle with looking for the light. Just this week alone, I’ve heard of two people who have put in their notice to leave their job, not because of the pay, not because of the work itself, but because they’re tired of being yelled at, either by customers or coworkers.
Maybe we are collectively still grieving what we have lost during the pandemic; most of us in Hawai’i or with close ties to Hawai’i are grieving for Maui.
Regardless of the reasons, I choose to hold on to hope and continue to look for light because there’s always something, a little spot of sunshine or the light of the full moon through the trees, that we can hold onto.
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