There are plenty of people holding flashlights casting shadows, offering directions. Perhaps it's best if you light your own way.

The image of “people holding flashlights” suggests would‑be guides—advisers, authorities, influencers—who claim to illuminate the path ahead. Yet their light also “casts shadows,” implying that external guidance can distort reality, obscure alternatives, or project the guide’s biases and agendas onto your choices. The closing counsel—“light your own way”—argues for self-reliance: developing one’s own judgment, values, and sense of direction rather than outsourcing meaning to others. The quote balances skepticism toward received wisdom with a constructive imperative: don’t merely reject guidance; cultivate your own inner illumination through experience, reflection, and responsibility for the consequences of your decisions.