Be A Light For Others

A lighthouse can mean the difference of life or death to a sailor. When the weather is inclement it serves to warn whoever is steering the ship that they are approaching danger. It guides and directs them to safe harbor.

Likewise, we as individuals need to be the guiding light for others who may be lost or just "floundering" and not knowing which way to turn. The beacon of the lighthouse gives direction from a great distance. The lower lights help guide those along the shore towards the path they need to go. Whether this be help with decisions in their life or help with their WA business, we should keep those lower lights burning to help and be of service to all.

Having grown up on Islands, my wife also loves lighthouses. We have a rather large front porch, so she asked me if I could build a lighthouse to put there. I started out with a scale model (pictured below at the left) and got the lighting and beacon working the way I wanted before starting on the full-size version. This model now serves as a great conversation piece up on the ledge with other light houses, all wired to the same control switch in the living room.

For the porch size unit I wired to two 3V solar panels, so it comes on at dark and stays on for several hours until the batteries run down and get re-charged the next day. It is well after midnight before that happens, so it serves to light the path to the front door during the times we would want or expect visitors.

Both of these light houses were contructed primarily from "junk" and building scraps that I otherwise would have thrown out. I did have to purchase some low voltage super bright LED's since the ones in my "junk" box were older and not has bright, All total I have about $12 expenditure but many hours of labor of love.

Sitting beside the lighthouse on the porch is a sign that I carved out to remind everyone who comes to our door and reads it that we all should be reaching out and helping others, just as our Maker helps and guides us.

In Wealthy Affiliates, we are all working at things we don’t fully understand. The training videos and instructions are comprehensive and well put together, but the help we get from the Community is what makes this such a great Company to be involved with and what makes it possible for us all to succeed and reach our goals

“Let your lower lights keep burning”.

Archie Bess