Imagine yourself a lamp. It doesn’t have to be a fancy lamp… with touch switches, 3 way lighting or neon adornments… just a lamp. Would you really want a shade?
Anyone who shows something new to someone else could be considered a lamp. You shine light on that which would otherwise be in the dark, facilitating sight, showing the good, the bad and the i-want-to-forget-that moments. Lamps are good.
Frank’s Mom once bought him a squirrel lamp. At first, I was kinda offended by it. I felt as though my kind were being objectified in some way. But once he plugged it in and turned it on, I was proud. Proud that the light was so bright… and prouder still that the light bulb was in the squirrel’s tail. Never saw such a wonderfully illuminated tail… except for that time I got a little too close to the stove…but that’s another story. I suppose in that case, I was probably giving off more than a little light…the light was sprinkled with burnt hair smell and some well placed profanity.
Try and shine some light.
