Eventually he stopped doing that and would sleep through until the first tiny little ray of sunshine came through! (themilkmeg.com)
Finding effective ways to release negative emotions from the body, i.e. meditation, restorative yoga, reading, journaling, talk therapy, etc. are like little rays of sunshine to your physical body. (mindbodygreen.com)
But Andy Burnham was perhaps one of those who might have been expected to hang back if he could, and so was Liam Byrne (whom one would call the Brown cabinet's little ray of sunshine if the phrase didn't evoke memories of Hazel Blears, about whom the same was often said). (theguardian.com)