Shadow, shade and light

I've worked hard to understand myself; I feel I'm a good person...but what makes or defines a good person? I believe a person who understands their positive aspects and works to improve and develop and grow them could be defined as a good person, provided they do no intentional harm to others...but a good person must also know their shadows, weaknesses and negative aspects...There cannot be good without bad, light without shadow and a person cannot be whole unless both are seen and acknowledged...and improved upon.

I believe, because I'm a good person, good things can happen and one of the most amazing things that ever happened to me was meeting my partner, a man who nurtures, supports, cares for and protects me; a man who helps be my true self, who cherishes me for who I am and a man who gives me the space to grow and develop...he doesn't smother me or seek to control me...a person cannot grow in the shade.

I feel I'm very fortunate in life, it's a good one mostly and I'm happy, but sometimes the light goes out and its at those times I feel so blessed to have my partner, a man whose spark never fails to rekindle my flame, my light, and it's that light which burns so brightly that draws him to me, as the moth to a flame, and which surrounds us in beauty; the beauty of our lives together.