The sun sets on another day…
I’m sitting here right now, right this second watching the clouds part and wondering if sunset will be here. As I’m watching I can see the clouds closing again, I feel happy that the sun showed its face, but sad that there may well be no sunset that I can see. It’s a balance and as I watch right this second the sun is poking out again. I think I’m going to enjoy this, well there are the clouds again, and now the sun, and now the clouds. Now there are spiny ridges in the clouds and bright light hidden behind them. No, perhaps it’s not a sunset as the norm, but it’s still pretty cool. As I watch the skies the rain comes and obscures all that I can see, but perhaps I’ve seen enough.
I’m sitting here thinking about weird things as I’m driving back from sunset. I was actually driving during sunset but that’s not the point. Instead I’m wondering about everything in life and all of the wonderful things that I have experienced. I said recently that I was told I have a story for just about everything, mostly because I have done quite a bit.
I know there are others who have done a lot if not more. I don’t want to act like I’m more special than the next person, but I do want to be that person who someone could look upon and know that they lived a life. I remember at the end of the movie secondhand Lions that the sheriff was looking at what had happened to the two old men who raised a young boy and loved him more than anything. The one thing that was said about those men is they lived.
Are you living that life that is better than best? If tomorrow was the last day that you would be here, would you feel satisfied with what you have experienced? What would you do different? Why aren’t you doing it now?
I considered this pretty heavily and as I did I also considered all of the times that I could have given up. The people I’ve watched die. The people I’ve lost. The people who have left my life and hurt me. The people who I trusted and should not have. All these little factors could have destroyed me, and made me live a life in a little room reading books and walking the dog. All these things could have made me stop living.
I was thinking about my grandparents recently, they died when I was young. It was a very short time between their deaths and I could have given up then. Instead I heard my grandmother’s voice in my mind and still do pushing me forward and wanting me to be the best I could be. I hear my grandfather’s voice telling me a dumb joke and somehow getting me to laugh in the midst of my sorrow. I would have dishonored their legacy if I had given up.
I guess what I’m trying to say is find a way to overcome all obstacles, find a way to see the happiness where others don’t. Find a way to not get lost in despair and sorrow and instead embrace excitement and passion and all the things that make life amazing. I guess what I’m trying to say today is that we all should live.
Are you living? Are you happy with your life, truly happy? Is it time to go to Tuscany? Is it time to read another book, laugh a little more, or reach out to people that may have forgotten you or that you may have forgotten? Maybe it’s time to be more.
So as the sun sets on another day, I hope that you have a fantastic evening as I played hide and seek with the sun. Keep being amazing, and find your true passions everyday. Be true to yourself always and remember that you are special, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and where’d the sun go…