Is there a time which is both night and day?
If you live in a cave (like Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai) then the line between night and day is meaningless.
And this line is always dependent on the experience of the person - for those who rise early, the darkness outside is the beginning of their day. For these people, the day starts in darkness, and light comes. For those who rise late, the day starts in light, and darkness comes.
Perhaps "those who rise early" are not actually those enslaved to their alarm clocks, but those whose days may start in darkness, but through their conscientiousness, their "early rising", they get to see things getting lighter.
In a world which seems to be getting darker these days, I would very much like to experience that feeling that things are always getting lighter. How do we do this - commit ourselves anew each day to our own role in the work. Be an early riser - one who is engaged forcefully in the work of repair, and the world will seem to you to be going from dark to light. If you stay (metaphorically) in bed and sleep late, then the world will go from light to dark.
The world has its own cycles - but our perceptions are changed by the work we put in to the world and the way we approach our own mission.
May we all merit to see the world get lighter and lighter.
Shavua tov.
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