Nic, Merry Christmas to you, too. Thanks for stopping by and letting me know you liked the post. It's always nice to know that people are out there. :)

Dave, yes, when it comes to the darkness not overcoming the light, but the light needing some darkness, there seem to be analogies all around us, embedded right into creation. I'm so thankful our eyes are opened to it every so often.

The Modern Gal, yes, that's the trick, isn't it? Not letting the darkness consume us. We see the results of that all around us, too, don't we? I guess we have to be on guard and try to let the light shine through us onto others as much as we can, to help keep the balance.