Before electricity, people were dependent upon the lamplighters to light the gas lamps before dark so people could walk about at night in safety. Without light, the streets were dark and ominous - almost impassable.

How many times have we felt as though we were floundering about in the dark, wishing we had a lamplighter to light our way? Many times we may have been afraid to walk alone and became dependent on others to light the way. But they would grow tired. When our dependency became over-powering, we'd look for another lamplighter, and the cycle would repeat itself.

Then we discovered something one day. We learned we are all lamplighters at one time or another, both for ourselves and for others. Sometimes it may be dark, but we'll soon find another who has travelled that darkened road before. That person will light our way until we can carry our own light.

As long as we see ourselves and others as the lamplighters, we will never have to walk alone again.