Evil has always existed, and darkness always has a way to appear to have the upper hand. We can choose to feel despair in the face of it, or we forge ahead like many before us. For here is what I have come to understand through the years, for evil to win all it needs is to paralyze the masses, to render them helpless and silent, and to make them believe this is the norm.
Insofar as there is at least one amongst us who decries that this is not the norm, who chooses to love, to spread hope, then evil is kept at bay.
You see, darkness will remain darkness, but all it takes is a candle to lit a room. All it takes are stars light years apart and away working together to guide a wayfarer home on a moonless night.
So you seek, darkness may feel all-encompassing, but look hard enough within yourself and in others, and you will find that common and yet divine spark. Evil's victory is simply in submission; good's triumph is a constant practice in defiance, in resistance, and in persistence.
