The Lighthouse

No matter how majestic you are, the respect shown to you will only come when you are needed. When you become someone who is only noticed at night, like a lighthouse, you begin to detach yourself from devotion to the benefit of people. As long as the light you shine illuminates the darkness, those who look at you like a savior will turn their eyes away from you during the day. When your good intentions start to take advantage of you, your light becomes dimmer. When those who have lost their way consider you guilty, those who make a habit of benevolence try to impose it as a duty. So the only darkness you will illuminate should be the uncertainty in your own path, like a lighthouse that is unaware of its own light.