A Lazy Candle

I like to light candles, as many people do. Nothing particularly special in this, certainly nothing worth talking about. But there is a strange thing that, every now and then, I can’t help noticing. Usually, when you light the wick, the flame springs up and keeps burning as long as you let it. It may move up and down, sometimes sideways, but it steadily burns and gives out light. But sometimes (rarely, though), it happens that a candle just doesn’t “want” to light up properly. It seems it has a will of its own. When I try to fix the wick (is it too short?) the flame will blaze up for a little while but then, little by little, it will decrease, become smaller and smaller. It does not die, but it reaches a point where it is hardly visible. Does it depend on the quality of the wax? Of the wick? Or - does it just happen, with no explanations to be found? It is a quite trivial inconsequential question, I know, but I chose to briefly write about it because it makes me think of how also people can be so different in a similar way, especially from a non-materialistic point of view. Some are interested in their spiritual progress, they try to improve themselves and keep the flame of love and understanding burning inside their spirit. They are willing to be open and discover new ways to advance on their life path. Others (fortunately fewer, I believe), on the other hand, don’t care to keep any spiritual light alive, are not interested in kindling any higher interests or purpose. Both the lazy candle and the apathetic individuals must be accepted as they are and be allowed to be "just" what the believe they can be, and to carry on their existence the way they have chosen. But... what a waste of virtual energy! It exists, it is there to be used, but it remains as a "possibility", it is left in the realm of  "it could have been".