Back atcha - and to extend your metaphor, it's always better to light even a single candle than to curse the darkness.
(Who knows who else might need that very candlelight to help them find their own way forward? That exact thought kept me going through some very dark times.)
Warm hugs to you and yours.
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"I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people," said the man. "You're wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides."
-- Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!