Let There Be Light

Let there be light. 

Something interesting happened the other day. I bought Chuck a flashlight for Christmas. Now that in itself is not so remarkable, but the flashlight itself was. 

Whe Chuck switched it on it literally illuminated the entire room, just as if we had flipped the light switch. I was completely amazed. All my life a flashlight basically sent out a beam of light strong enough to get you from one side of a dark room to another. 

It was probably received with great enthusiasm at its conception because it was a better alternative to an oil lamp. At the time it probably was the talk of the town, and it went on for many years doing its job perfectly fine, until a newer even better type of light bulb came along. 

Now with an LED bulb you can literally light up an entire room with a simple flashlight. 

Now this got me to thinking about how many other things in life we continue doing simply because that's all we have known. Why are we quick to criticize someone from a younger generation who has a new, and different idea? Just like that flashlight maybe we need to reconsider how we have traditionally handled some things, and be more open to a different point of view. 

We might actually be amazed at what we see.