what does this mean??

i went to a chinese restaraunt today and i got a fortune in my fortune cookie and i dont really know what it means...can you help? t said...
It is better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness

cw21dlr2009-07-25T19:46:35Z

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It means it is better to do something (however insignificant it might seem) about a situation than to complain about it.

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?2009-07-26T03:01:54Z

CW21DLR (above) interpreted it correctly. Do you know that Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and herself the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., originally said it -- without the word 'small.'

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Anonymous2009-07-26T03:00:08Z

it is better to go up a step at a time than to reach 15 metres up. The darkness part is just saying it is dangerous.

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Anonymous2009-07-26T02:46:16Z

it is better to live with little lightness, then to complain about the darkness.
meaning, be glad that you have little, instead of complaining about not having it all

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Super Cool Kangaroo2009-07-26T02:47:51Z

do a small act of kindness instead of being mean, whether or not your in a good mood.

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