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Transformative Plays About Love, Family, Therapy, and Suicide

About Candlelight Plays

That quote by Confucius -- in a sense-- is what i I’ve adopted as part of my "marching orders" here on the planet Earth as I've tried to live my personal and professional life in a mostly "hopeful" manner.. And I’ve chosen professions such as– Teaching, Therapy, Writing and Acting that allow me the chance to speak my heart to others thru the spoken or written word. In short, with my writing I am trying to offer up light and hope to people that may be struggling with the darkness—presenting options to them that may not have otherwise considered.

So let me first state the obvious here, and say that there are soo many things that we can get down about as we go about this life— Just watch the TV News, and see the “darkness” of evil and greedy and powerful people all around us-- who will so frequently impose their darkness onto others— The examples are endless-- as I'm thinking Putin's unprovoked war with the Ukranians, or the Wagner group in Africa, or the Oil Companies and climate change, or toxic factories placed into mostly poor neighborhoods, or predator clergy (from all religions) who have emotionally and sexually preyed upon their young and subservient parishioners, or all the white-power and neo nazi groups that spread their hate and kill people for no other reason than their skin color or cultural background. I think of all the wars that have been fought in history to obtain land, and money, and power, or to impose somebody’s religious or political values onto others by force.

There's no end to the pervasive darkness that envelopes us on a daily basis. And I wish to acknowledge—that I personally have oftentimes felt overwhelmed and helpless to change so many of these things that I've listed above, So the question becomes—How does one find hope - or stay hopeful-- in all of the hopelessness?

About Candlelight Plays

In response to that question- what I discovered for myself– was that I could WRITE my way into a more positive and hope-filled state of mind. So I take a pen to paper or fingers to a Laptop keyboard, and let my mind create scenarios-- stories with characters at risk (emotionally and sometimes physically) and see what can be done to rescue them. I try and write characters and situations that most people can relate to… borne out of what I’ve seen and sometimes experienced in my own life. I tend to collaborate with my created characters to get them to face (and not run from) their problems. In that way, perhaps they may get to think different thoughts, and consider different ideas, or see new options for themselves that they hadn't considered before-- which just might “light up” a path forward through the darkness and into the light...

It’s those kinds of stories and characters that tend to most interest me— that will give voice to their struggles as they seek out answers to what’s got them down. I believe that it’s only when people stand and fight against their problems— in whatever way they can— that eventually allows them to grow and learn from what they’re going through. And therein lies my answer to the question I posed earlier:: How does one find hope-- or stay hopeful--in all of the hopelessness?

For me, it's my choice to go with the idea of “lighting up candles in the darkness”—through my stories and characters—as best I can. And it’s my hope for the readers of my stories--- that you may be both inspired and motivated to try and change the things in your life that you're able to change and will eventually help you to bring more LIGHT and LIFE into your lives.

God bless.

Enjoy! Paul Surace

"Don't curse the darkness, light a candle."

About Candlelight Plays

About Candlelight Plays

About Candlelight Plays

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"Don't curse the darkness, light a candle."

About Candlelight Plays

About Candlelight Plays

About Candlelight Plays

Connect With Paul

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