Sunrise, Sunset

Today as I drove Dugann to his dad's, the sun was rising in the distance. The diffused light caused a spectacular show of colors that changed constantly with each inch the sun rose. The entire sky was lit up bright and it felt like such a refreshing blanket was encompassing the sky infinitely.

Then, I turned westward onto the highway and the sky went dark. The clouds hid the moon that was yet to set and the lack of light gave such a menacing, gloomy feel. It was the exact opposite of the eastern sky.

This display was a vivid expression of how important perspective can really be in a person's life. [Attitude is everything.] We all encounter events that render both positive and/or negative feelings. Perhaps an event has not even caused the feelings, but we wake up with an idiopathic attitude. These feelings can cast our days as brilliant and inspiring or grim and troubling. It all depends which direction we decide to go... in which direction will your attitude drive you? Toward the light? Or toward the dark?

I guarantee that if you choose to follow the darkness, you will always be racing, rushing, trying to envelop yourself in grimace. Because darkness is always naturally less visible at the place where light and dark meet.

If you choose to follow the light, the brightness tends to grow and grow until you are suddenly encompassed by a brilliance that you can neither explain nor cease to appreciate. Light will always win over the dark.

They say that after each night, comes the morning. But what people rarely recognize is the fact that night is not the absence of light! Rather, night is the time in which light is farthest away... light is never absent. If light were absent, this world would be a desolate globe, void of vegetation and creatures. Nothing can live without light.

As humans, we have grown accustomed to describing night as the time that light is absent from us. In reality, the light is never absent from us; it is merely farther away, harder to see, more difficult to reach... but light is always a part of our environment, a part of our days, and thereby a part of us.

Today, I choose to turn away from the ominous darkness and focus on the radiant palette of colors. I choose to allow myself to feel the excitement of not knowing what beautiful horizon will appear next in my journey; anticipating something mildly good, and unexpectedly stumbling upon something wonderful. Just drive...