Connection.

I've been inspired for several years by Adele's writing.  This song is really connecting with me today.  Music for the soul.

Light.

Glimmers of sunlight somehow push their energy through the closed blinds, giving this dead, vacant room a touch of hope with its warm, glowing softness.

Even a suit of armor, cold and hard, can’t keep it all out.  The light has a way of reaching out to everything, seeping through even the tiniest of cracks to spread its love, forcing the darkest and scariest places to fight to the death in attempt to keep it out.

I have plunged my secrets and fears so deeply into the ground that no one would ever know they exist.  It doesn't mean that they don't.  They can’t escape.  It's like burrying a favorite childhood toy in a time capsule.  It might not see the light for hundreds of years, but it's curiosity that drives humanity.  Someday, those secrets will be revealed, and when they've been reunited with the light at last, they will turn into treasures.  It takes time and it takes forgiveness.  When the light is welcomed back with open arms, the soul can finally be cleansed and replenished with all things beautiful.