There is a candle on a shelf in a lot of homes that nobody lights. It came as a gift, or you bought it on a good day and decided it was too nice for a regular night. So it waits for company, for a holiday, for some version of your life that has not shown up yet. Most of us own something like that. The bottle saved for an occasion. The shirt with the tag still on. The plates that only come out when somebody else is coming over. If you grew up without much, the habit makes sense. Nice things we...

Light the Good Candle on a Tuesday

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