Becoming a Lower Light

I think the first skill we need in becoming a lower light is learning how to listen with empathy. So often growing up I wanted to wow the room with my brilliance so I spent my time figuring out what I was going to say, that I never engaged with what another person was saying. Then I realized it wasn't about what I was going to say, it was about knowing another's need. I can't meet a need I don't know exists. Often now I find that if I just focus on what they are saying I can hear what is being left unsaid or holes that need to be filled. We all want to feel loved and validated, we all hope that what we say matters, we hope that someone out there understands. One of the first steps for someone trying to feel love from Heavenly Father is knowing they are loved. We can help by listening without judgement or comment. There was a shooting in a synagogue in Pittsburgh,  everyday more violence appears on the news...I sort of wonder if violence is increasing as our ability and...

This blog has been on my mind for a few months now and I believe today is the day to take the Spirit's advice and become a lower light. The name of this blog is Becoming a Lower Light. This title comes from the song Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy. This song tells the story that though our Father's mercy shines like a light house to return us to port, we need a lower light that lines up with the light house to actually get us to shore. Making it through this life can at times feel very overwhelming and our Father in Heaven can feel very far away, we might sometimes feel like He is so very far away and we don't know where to turn. In those moments we need a lower light to help us reconnect with thought patterns and choices that once more turn us to the Light House of our Father. In this journey called life I have found that it can be hard to be a lower light when I myself feel in turmoil, it is hard to turn others to their Father and to their Savior when I am not...