The light of Chanukah transforms darkness into light. But darkness is the absence of light. How is it possible that the absence of light could be transformed into light? Because there is nothing without purpose, and purpose is light. It is only that some stories of our life hide their purpose, so that they appear dark. What must you do? You must squeeze their light out of them, as one squeezes oil from an olive. It may hurt, at times, to be squeezed this way. But then, those stories of life, too, will shine. And their light will reveal wisdom that no other light could reveal. That is why we...