Light and heat

Cold and dark are not two terms a person really wants to hear.  They suggest that something is amiss or miserable.  They conjure up something unrelenting or hard to bear.  They might even suggest an eclipse of the human spirit.  Tonight as the sun set and night crept in, it was cold and dark.

Fortunately, I could go inside where light and heat shut out the dark, cold night.  I could relax and eat and enjoy my evening despite the conditions outside.

I think everyone, in the chambers of his or her heart, has a person and some places that serve as houses where light and heat exist.  And how necessary they are against those who make us miserable and try to eclipse our human spirit.