When the Red Light Is Blinking: Listening Before Your Light Goes Dim
Michelle Molotte 
A simple morning moment becomes a powerful reflection on energy, awareness, and personal power - noticing the red lights before your light goes dim.
This morning, my headlamp told on me.
For about a week, there was a small red light blinking — the low-battery warning.
I noticed it.
I ignored it.
Because technically… the light was still working.
This morning, though, it was barely glowing. So dim I laughed out loud — not because it was funny, but because it was familiar.
That little red light felt like a mirror.
How often do we do this in our own lives?
We notice the warning signs.
The subtle fatigue.
The quiet resentment.
The low-grade exhaustion.
And we keep going anyway because “it’s fine.”
Because we can still see.
Because we’re still functioning.
Low battery doesn’t always look dramatic.
Sometimes it looks like showing up.
Getting things done.
Moving forward — just with less light than we’re meant to have.
That’s when the deeper question surfaced for me:
Where are we ignoring the red lights in our lives?
Where is our energy quietly draining while we convince ourselves it’s normal?
Where are we trudging along in the dark, claiming it’s all good, while our light slowly dims?
A powerful place to begin noticing is with one simple inquiry:
Who, what, or where in your life is quietly draining your battery?
Who might be pointing toward relationships or dynamics that take more than they give.
What can reveal habits, patterns, commitments, or inner dialogue that quietly exhaust you.
Where often speaks to environment — the spaces you inhabit, the pace you live at, the season you’re in.
This isn’t about blame or fixing.
It’s about awareness.
Noticing the red light isn’t failure — it’s wisdom.
Choosing to honor it is an act of personal power.
You don’t have to wait until everything goes dark to recharge.
You don’t have to justify exhaustion to earn rest.
You don’t have to keep dimming yourself just because you still “can.”
Sometimes the most powerful shift begins with a pause…
and a willingness to recharge before your light goes dim?