Thursday Thoughts...

“This is what one thirsts for, I realize, after the smallness of the day, of work, of details, of intimacy—even of communication, one thirsts for the magnitude and universality of a night full of stars, pouring into one like a fresh tide.” 

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I think this is so true. The ways in which our days are filled, how we move from this to that to chore to detail, to commitment, to appointment, to phone call, to cooking. And then, we lift our sights, we pause. 

We look up.

And the scale and wonder of the world is there for us - reflected by the majesty of the night sky. Whether stars or moon or cloud, it reminds us of vastness. Of eternity. Of never ending 'horizons', or content rhythms. Of endless turnings.

The ocean can do that for me too, but the sky reminds me of where I fit in amongst it all; that in reality what might seem big or huge to me is small within the universe. That my worries will pass. The world and the universe will keep turning and we can find a way through.

Our night sky on Wednesday night. It was mesmerising and time slipped away as we watched the slow, slow roll of the clouds over the almost full moon. It felt like an honour to watch it.