Be a Lighthouse

Life is like a lighthouse. It guides the lost and warms the found.

Shine like a lighthouse, ignoring the storm.

Be a lighthouse: Stand tall, stay strong, and guide others towards safety.

Be the lighthouse; they’ll remember the way you illuminated their path long after the storm has passed.

Just like a lighthouse, you must stand tall, strong and unwavering. <1>

Maine Lighthouses

While preparing this blog, I discovered Steve Pemberton’s book The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact on the World.

Our polarized, divisive culture seems to be without heroes and role models. We are adrift in a dark sea of disillusionment and distrust, and we need “human lighthouses” to give us hope and direct us back to the goodness in each other and in our own hearts. 

Steve Pemberton found a lighthouse in an ordinary man named John Sykes, his former high school counselor. John gave Steve a safe harbor after Steve escaped an abusive foster home and together they navigated a new path that led to personal and professional success. Through stories of people like John and several others, you will identify how the hardships you have overcome equip you to be a “human lighthouse”, inspiring those around you. 

The humble gestures of kindness that change the course of our lives can shift the course for America, too. With a unique vision for building up individuals and communities and restoring trust, The Lighthouse Effect opens your eyes to those who are quietly heroic. You will reflect on the lighthouses in your own life and be reminded that the greatest heroes are alongside us – and within us.

Steve Pemberton, The Lighthouse Effect: How Ordinary People Can Have an Extraordinary Impact on the World, https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Effect-Ordinary-People-Extraordinary/dp/B08QX6L4M5

I hope you will read this book and make 2024 the year you became a “human lighthouse.”

Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year.

Sources:

<1> “Exploring Lighthouse Sayings: Illuminating Expressions and Their Meanings,” Thatonerule, https://thatonerule.com/rule/exploring-lighthouse-sayings-illuminating-expressions-and-their-meanings/