August 14, 2013
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
The Stars
There we were beneath breathless stars, resting on top of a bouncy black trampoline,cuddling in snuggly blankets and whispering excitedly in the night. The perfect gazing spot, my backyard. It was just me, mom and dad out tonight. The rest of us fell asleep watching Chocolat so found no time for star gazing tonight (even if it was supposed to be a meteor shower!). So there we were, just us three. Apart from, of course the barking dogs and suspicious truck puttering back and forth through-out our street. We mumbled here and there, but mostly let the silent night and sleepless stars do the talking, in order for us to soak in all its glory. "Just think." I whispered once my mom stumbled back inside, leaving only me and dad. "Almost every person whose ever walked this Earth has looked at these same stars we gaze upon tonight." He mumbled back then left me to my limitless thoughts.
We were told there was to be a meteor shower tonight, as there was the night before, but there hardly was. Yet, to our surprise, we were privileged enough to catch maybe six or seven falling stars and that was all we found. The rest of the world seemed asleep, but the stars were quite awake tonight. They twinkled and flickered and occasionally we caught some "Solar Explosions" (or at least I believe that is what they call it when a star blows up and rather than flitting across the sky, it merely flashes.)They looked like nosy camera flashes too, trying to snoop into our peaceful lives. I made a joke and told dad it must be the U.S.S Enterprise trying to contact us for help! We laughed and wrapped the stars around our hungry eyes until that was all we could see.
The Milky Way spilled across the dark sky brightly and a lost wispy cloud kept drifting further and further way until it was no more. Every thing, sound, and feeling around me can only be described as blissful peace. The trees were still, the howls of wild dogs were very distant, and the disturbing noises of normal life stayed at bay to abandon the quiet sea full of stars just for us tonight. No cold and lonesome wind pierced our skin this night, but joined the rest of the night in a peaceful breathing slumber. Dad and I laid in silence until the stars fell asleep and moved no more. The neighbors light randomly flickered on, flooding our backyard in light and tragically blocking the stars from our view, forcing us to retreat to our beds for the late night, leaving star-lit maps upon our eyes and the windless night in our hearts.
Everything was just right for the coming tragic end of summer on this August night. Everything was right and happy, the way life should always be and can if we but let it in. And to be completely honest with you, it is dreadfully easy to do so. If you're lost at how or where to start to let it in, begin with watching the stars every night.
People change when they actually stop and watch the world around them move and sleep. If you don't fancy stars, then watch a growing sunrise, gaze at a full showering moon, or stretch your thoughts towards the blue sky and create silly shapes within the clouds. Nothing has to be complicated or inconvenient, unless you want it to. God is knocking on your door and all you have to do is open it just a little crack at a time if all the way is too hard and in time He will bless you as you continue to open your door and let Him in. This I promise. Take a chance. Gaze at the stars. Open you door.
Your life will change.
