Candle

We all know the analogy of the burning candle.
The impression is that while it illuminates the surrounding, the self-sacrificing candle slowly eats at itself.

How vulnerable that flame can be, how easily it can be snuffed out. And sometimes, that light flickers as it struggles to stay alive admist the wind and other elements. What protects the candle from consuming itself?

"It is better to light a candle, than curse the darkness"
So we light up our lives with the many little flames that keep us going. We guard the flames against the elements...yet what protects the candle from burning itself out?...all in the name of self-sacrifice? Is that all to its existence? To burn and die...