Thursday, September 16, 2010

Contemplating the Stars

It's been a while since I've written here. Certain events and people in my life seek to suck the beauty out of it and I willingly get dragged along, bulldozed by all the things I need to accomplish.

Last night, I took a little bit of time to just chill out and get refocused and it was beautiful.

People who live in the country don't realize how awesome they have it. Out here, where I go to college, the stars are so beautiful. Away from cities riddled with light pollution, you can see thousands of them, burning and twinkling, forever away. They are so beautiful when they're spread out in front of you, diamonds on a piece of black velvet.

It puts things in perspective for me. When my problems feel so huge and insurmountable, all I need to do is look up on a clear night. Then I realize that I'm just a small piece of a beautiful puzzle and it will all be okay.