How Do You Enjoy Darkness Or The Night?
• Understand why you want to be more comfortable in the dark. Is it because you are just afraid of the dark, or one of the numerous other possible reasons? Realizing your true intentions and confronting your fears does wonders for the mind and spirit. • Begin in a place you know well, such as your own bedroom. This will help you be less afraid, and gives you a sense of security. • Lose the night light Start off slowly by removing artificial light. If you sleep with a nite-lite, turn it off for a while, longer every night, until you don’t need it. Nix computer monitors, always-luminous clocks, fishtank lights, and TV screens. • Use natural light. Leave your shades open; the moon can be surprisingly bright, if you have no other light source, and even an empty sky casts a gentle glow. Exterior lights from cars and streetlamps are fine as well. • Learn to be comfortable with shadows. A shadow is merely an absence of light, not a creature or a black hole. Moving shadows from headlights are
