I have long been taken by the lyrics of the Don Goodman and Becky Hobbs song (made popular by the group Alabama) Angels Among Us. The story song is powerful on so many levels. There’s the chorus: “I believe there are angels among us, sent down to us, from somewhere up above. They come to you and me, in our darkest hours. To show us how to give, teach us how to live, and guide us with the light of love.” Most powerful to me, the “lump in the throat” line, is this: “Ain’t it kind of funny, at the dark end of the road, someone lights the way with just a single ray of hope.”
The magical thing here is that we can (are called to) be the giver and the receiver there. Others can light our way, and we can light the way for others.
It occurs to me... 