The light at the end of the tunnel?

   Last Sunday (March 30) marked the halfway point in our Lenten journey. I am also pretty close to halfway through the 4th quarter of the school year. The community choir I belong to performed our spring concert last weekend. The musical I am in opens this weekend and closes out with a matinee next Sunday. It seems that there is a light at the end of the tunnel!
   The Second Reading from Ephesians last Sunday spoke about living as children of light and avoiding darkness. The passage from John's Gospel told the story of a blind man seeing the light for the first time after being blind since birth. The idea that the light can help us see things differently is brought out in the First Reading from First Samuel. It is pretty easy to see the importance and know the difference that the light can make, but is it that easy to live it out?
   I was having a conversation with a friend the other day about that very thing. We were talking about some personal choices made in the past that were not 'light.' We both agreed on the fact that our conscience knows light from darkness, but sometimes that distinction gets blurred by our selfish and worldly desires. We also agreed that while darkness might give you immediate results, choosing light will allow you to experience lasting effects. We have to challenge ourselves to identify those dark choices and do what we can to avoid them. It is also important to make the conscious effort to choose the light. The more we choose light, the easier it becomes to avoid darkness.
   The choice is never a once-and-for-all choice. Rather, it is a day-to-day and moment-by-moment choice. There are faces and places that are make it easy to choose light and there times and kinds that make it difficult. It is up to us to find the courage necessary to live in the light. It also takes courage, as well as humility, to ask for forgiveness when we've stepped into the darkness. God shows us the way, but we have to make the choice.
   Where have I seen light? The conversation with a friend mentioned above is one example. Another example is the ability to move on from a broken relationship. The student who fulfilled his obligation  to an organization's service project and agrees to do a second shift because no one else was available is a light choice. The conscious effort to use technology and instant communication to spread positivity and encouragement is yet another example.
   Does your tunnel have a light at the end? If so, what's its source? If not, what darkness(es) are overshadowing it?