As The Light Dims Slowly: A Moment With Bill Reflection

Bill, I sure love your thoughts here and do hope all do and can see the error of the ways, because let's face it the world would totally be a better place. Now that is a dream and hopefully reality I could get behind. Thanks as always and have a wonderful day ahead now!

Well, my book says it will get much worse before it gets better but the good news is we don't have to be of the world but we do need to live by that ten to reap the benefits while we are here and never forget that Jesus said, love.... above all things.

Great sermon, Bill.

Thank you for this thought filled piece of peace. I am reminded that we must look and see that many lights are out, but that we can relight them. Now let us go light some fires today.

Wow, this hub certainly packs a punch, Bill! Let's pray the world sees what we are doing wrong and start mending our ways. Your dream is one I don't want to see come true!

Excellent Dan Fogelberg video. His intro is very humbling.

It reminds me of all the prophesies of the end times. Our news has more murders, robberies etc reported every night to the point I don't know if I should even be watching it. The political channels are even more than upsetting. Things need to change, but it is going to need a major movement.

Kindred, you have outdone yourself with this piece. This is equal to any of the writings of the great prophets throughout history. Is it a warning? Yes. Is it frightening? Yes. Will we listen? Some will. You are doing your part (and more) to light the way and for that, you should sleep without the terror of dark dreams. I applaud you my friend. This is awesome.

Sounds like you turned into a Brit in your dream.

Beautiful writing, as usual, my friend. Thanks for always keeping our feet on the ground.

A daunting look at human nature through your own dream and feelings. Sometimes I wonder about life--particularly as I get older. As ways very thought provoking.

What a beautiful way to express what needs to be said and done. How poetic and prophetic your words are and at the same time comforting. Even in the darkness, we know there is light. Thank you for this thought provoking article.

A masterpiece! I love the analogy. It's scary but you're so right and this hits home. I like the line 'will is the root of willfulness' - certainly is. Doesn't free will get abused? It's synonymous with 'I'll do what I want'. Bit like those war memorials that say 'lest we forget'; our memory sure as hell doesn't work very well.

This rolls along gathering momentum, becoming more forceful as it does so. Great rhythm and flow. You've been listening to those writing tutorials of yours, haven't you, bill?!! Superb. Ann

Incredible Bill, A shared dream, a voice in the night, isn't this what god does for us....Gives us notes to share.

Well done my friend.

Thank you for sharing your realistic dream. We are to be the light in this dark world and some are doing their part and many are adding to the darkness. It is our individual choice. I choose to be a light! Peace and blessings, Faith Reaper

This is wonderful. I love the way you flow the words. This is poetry. This is real writing. You are amazing. Good I read this I am so mad with people these days, they sure know how to step on others so cold, hard and mean.

You are on the right path I love your heart.

Great insightful hub Bill. I hold great belief that dreams hold a lot of truth. The unfortunate thing is that many people have the mindset, "I am only one person, what difference can I make?" We have to get over that type of thinking and do everything to make a change, "From little things, big things grow". I have read a quote I like but can't remember who said it, "Don't wait for the light at the end of the tunnel. March down there and light the bloody thing yourself."

Bill - I got goosebumps as I read, for there is such greed and cruelty--bounded by apathy--not only in the USA (where it's rampant), but all over this planet. I wish I could feel more hopeful about the future, but I'm afraid my grandchildren and great-grandchildren will pay an awful price. I keep hoping that enough good people will step forward and DO SOMETHING to turn the tide.

You really should collect all of your stream-of-consciousness pieces and publish them together, Bill. When you write in this format, the result is electrifying!

Fogleberg was perfect for this hub. Voted Up++++ and shared.

Jaye

Bill, I read comments along with your article. Like your written words,

some have positive outlooks and some have not so positive thoughts on the situation of our earth, today.

I read and watch much on the history channel. Never cared for history until this stage in my life. Like you, I wonder, can it get any worse?

But, when I look back hundreds of years, there seemed be little more than chaos enveloping the entire world. This earth has never been in a state of peace or harmony.

It has been brother against brother, tribe against tribe, nationality against nationality, country against country, color against color, religion

against other religions or a social hierarchy that encompass only those born into its stately ranks, leaving many with not much more than deplorable conditions in which to live.

Dan Fogelberg is my man. The last time I looked, my tribute to him was still on his web page. Chickasaw blood runs in my veins. But, do not think for a minute that the Native Americans lived in a state of harmony. They were intensely territorial and through the centuries, fought over

hunting grounds and fishing rights and bragging rights.

And, in the animal kingdom, it is much the same, with an 'eat or be eaten' way of life for their state of survival.

You have given us much to think about.

I do what I can with my therapy dog, as we try to bring smiles into wrinkled faces whose eyes have been dulled by decades of disappointments.

That is my calling, at this time in my life.

"This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.."

Thanks for shaking us to the core, from time to time.

I always say, 'this comment will be short' and then I write enough for a short hub.

Sorry about that!

DJ.

Bill,

Your words are “True Grit” dream or not. I know our world is not perfect, but it has never been. And don’t get me started on politics.

I live by the simple rule of---if Jesus could die for me, then I will live for him---and let my little light shine and appreciate the simple things in life. I do not worry about who has what---the have and have not’s are few and many.

The lights will never dim or go out in ‘True Americans’ hearts, and I will always support and fight for the rights of all no matter their bank account number or no bank account.

I love the way your mind works---never stop being you.

Your Friend,

Bobbi Purvis

Billy, very thoughtful post. You have raised so many points, but the world will go on. Thanks for a wonderful post

I am back to make another comment..It is amazing to me how our perception of life gradually changes to be more aware of our mortality. Something happened recently that would have triggered some amazing emotions in the past.. and now I have far more self preservations.

OMG, this is an awesome piece of writing. You have the ability to make us look back in time, then see the now, and it is not pretty. The ten commandents, so simple, yet we refuse to follow the teachings. The golden rule is the basis for happiness and goodwill. ' Love your neighbor as yourself. ' If we all would do that, just think, there would be no envy, no hate. Thank you for sharing your dream..Bravo...

Ah Bill, you know I am with you on this 100%. Fantastic job in presenting the reality in what I could only describe as poetry at its finest! Your dream is what many of us feel/fear coming. In my dream, the lights were out already and the night lit only by explosions here and there... and still no one cared. They gathered on porches and watched as fires erupted down the street. As long as it didn't touch their own house, they did nothing but observe. I hope my dream and yours are merely that—just dreams. I hope that there are enough good people to stand tall and get back to living for real, on the earth, appreciating the glorious life this planet offers. As for giving you a reason to hope? People like you. People who have written the comments on here. We may be down but not out yet. The Dan Fogelberg video is really good and a perfect complement to your words.

Bill

You do truly help writers spread their wings to fly

To the point awesome

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There are so many sides to you, Bill. I admire and learn from each one of them. Your language in the section, "Etched . . ." is very effective. This is an exceptionally great piece.

Awesome write here, so much has changed over time and you amaze me with your thoughts.

Wow..this is incredible writing! Bill at his very best. I'm reading this on the train from work so I'm much too tired to write what I'm feeling, so all I can say is, as long as there is a light as bright as yours still shinning, there is hope. My best as always.

Bill

Feeling that beat poet sound masterfully executed. So many poetic lines, but the one that really gets to the heart of it for me is "the hand of civility was bitten off by greed long ago." Just powerful!

Kim

I have had very similar dreams Bill. Great job in putting words to this dream that I dearly hope does not come true.

You were in "the zone" writing this great work.

Have a great and blessed day my friend.

Bill you have no equal when it comes to putting into words what so many are thinking. "all bets were off"...I wonder if they really are. The ten has fallen by the wayside and humanity along with it. There is light though Bill, light from you and others like you. We are the light of the world and as long as we continue the light will continue.

You are so right, "if we only see, if we only listen, if we are only willing" we can keep this going and one day our children and our children's children will know what it is like to live in a good world. A world filled with love and hope. That has to be our dream, with the lights on!

So very well done. Voted all but funny, shared and pinned.

Hi Bill. Change is needed everywhere Bill. That dream of yours reads likes a nightmare in parts. Were you glad to awake to what you still have over there? You are right though, the undercurrent of discontent swirls in the uk as well as the usa.

I think it was Churchill who said, 'The price of freedom is eternal vigilance'.

Graham.

It feels like a really bad nightmare! We have to be vigilant and do our best and create a better world. Unfortunately, I don't have the recipe but I think if we each do our part, that's a beginning!

Wow Bill it was only a matter of time when this prophetic vision would burst open , Good evening my friend.

You were brave enough to say what some others still holding back. The One announcing writings on the wall exposes himself to vulnerability , knowing or not , has supernatural protection. The events of our days are bringing to memory of an event in which darkness of immorality has extinguished light of patience at ' Sodom ' place, where a friend was negotiating with a messenger of the great I AM who having enough, ,needed to terminate one social system by a very well earned wage . ( A few still believe that wages of sin is death). His plea was simple : " will you sweep away righteous with the wicked ?"

So, cheer up with me all of you who know right and apply if in daily affairs. Not all are destroyed at the time when darkness is owner. Those who are willing to see themselves as they are , they are not only blessed they will inherit the earth , - meaning we let the light shine , connected to the source " I AM light of the world." . A previous comeenter said it will become worse before getting better. So what ?! A prophet has been fed by a bird, bringing him everyday the best stake ever , while the rest - well were reaping their perverted crops.

Looking at your dream I see the real thing . Encouraged . Much bolder then while ago to connect as many as possible to see with open eyes the way leading toward new social system in which righteousness will be at home.

Voted hig up and awesome.

Good night and blessings .

Where there is dark, there can also be light, if only a little. We just have to try and make it shine as bright as it can.

This is writing that moves the soul and stirs the heart into action. It is so powerful. Your photos are an excellent enhancement. I almost see no hope for our nation, but I am still going to do my part to help and pray for others, even if it is just one drop in the ocean. Sharing this post with others... it should be shared with those in DC.

Wow! I really enjoyed reading this. I am glad to find out I am not the only person to have 'floating' dreams. LOL Seriously, your subconscious is speaking in this piece. That is what comes out in our dreams. I don't know if there are enough of us like you, that really care and can turn things around in this country and world. It is so overwhelming some days I just have to turn off the news and now listen to all the rot that is going on in our country today. I walk out in nature (what is left of it) and I am refreshed and renewed, but there is so much darn corruption at all levels of government and society I don't even know where to begin to try to right it. Your article says volumes about the state of the union today.

Powerful prose, my friend, let us only hope your dream is not prophetic. But there surely are pessimistic signs and happenings all around us, are there not? Will we all awake in time?

Firstly, you always protest you are not a poet, which evidently you are; the natural rythmn and ryhming within this article superb.

Secondly and more importantly, I love this article very much. Your open and honest review of the sad state humanity has brought upon it's self through greed and self interest is outstanding.

It wasn't a dream it was real. The evidence screams out as you anywhere in our world.

We are all a part of a bigger picture but we seem to have lost that in our scramble for shiny trinkets.

Light will always overcome darkness in the end so I suppose we must each try to make the light shine a little brighter.

My favourite of all your hubs.

I must apologise for my missing words!

I feel strongly about this and your article ignited my hatred of injustice; so much so, that in my tiny editing window I didn't proofread I just added more!

Your words stirred my emotions Mr Holland, the markings of a true writer.

Your dream sure got me hooked. I just love reading your words you always bring me into a new world, offer me new thoughts and most importantly always inspire.

Reading this, and then thinking about H.O.W, made me think about the Carl Rogers quote "when I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic."......maybe, just maybe.....one person at a time?!...I have similar dreams like this too Bill now and again, sometimes it's the Sun burning up the Earth, or it may be the rain, heavy and relentless, flooding our planet. I awake, hoping the dream wasn't in some way prophetic.

Thank you for this reflection Bill, and perhaps (even if it is just one person) it is a wake up call too:-))

When I started reading this hub, it was like poetry. The more I read, the more I realized it was some serious poetry. You are doing a great job when you make people aware of the cruel world we live in, and you really make this world a better place by writing hubs like these. Thank you Bill!

Hi Billy! This Hub has a serious message. When my grandfather passed away the day before Thanksgiving, he was ready to go. I was so thankful the time had come where he would find peace at the end of his 86 year journey on earth. Our life is like a vapor.

As I sat in Church this past Sunday, I thought about the money I pay for cable television every week. I thought, why? Why do we need cable? If I could donate the same amount to people who need it, then our service to others who need help will be satisfactory enough.

Yes, wake up and smell the roses and feel the needs...

A lesson in paying attention and doing the right thing perhaps?? In our own little corner of this planet, trying to make sense of it all and to help turn around the wrongs we see.

I cannot help but believe that we will find our way...I remain cautiously optimistic while knowing that improving what is wrong and enlarging what is right will only happen if we care enough and try enough to make a difference.

keep your voice loud and clear my Friend.

Know that many Angels are on the way to you today ps