in each of us, there was once a fire

The following is one of my favourite meditations from Ram Dass. The words are poignant and ring truth to my heart.
Get comfy, click play on the video below and be enraptured.

In each of us
There once was a fire
And for some of us
There seem as if there are only ashes now
But when we dig in the ashes
We find one ember

And very gently we fan that ember
Blow on it, it gets brighter
And from that ember we rebuild the fire
Only thing that's important is that ember

That's what you and I are here to celebrate
That though we've lived our life totally involved in the world
We know
We know that we're of the spirit

The ember gets stronger
Flame starts to flicker a bit
And pretty soon you realise that all we're going to do for eternity
Is sit around the fire
-Ram Dass