I like the time change – sort of. I like the part where I don’t have to leave for work in the dark. And I find the recurring debate about “to change or not to change” moderately amusing. I think the media finds it helpful to have a few annual built-in topics to work with. That said, how we react to the dark as humans is a matter of some consequence. Whether it’s the physical darkness of night time or the metaphysical darkness of changing ideas, circumstances or beliefs, in general “dark” isn’t something we prefer. But whether it’s our preferred state or not, it comes. Regularly. Relatively predictably in our exterior lives; less so when it comes to our interior lives. And that’s true for all of us as humans, regardless of our age. These days, that sometimes feels compounded for the young ones by the general (and growing) zeitgeist of fear. So this Sunday, I’m going to use the Talky Bit to explore some ideas pertaining to how we can think about “the dark”, and what we might say to both ourselves and those we influence about it.