Saturday, January 24, 2009

Gratitude...


We all have seen hundreds of sunsets in our lives, each and every one different.

Our state of mind also varies when we are witnessing such an event. Sometimes, we wish we were somewhere else, with someone else, in another place , maybe even another time. We may be happy, sad, angry,pensive, or getting over a lost love...the experience is never quite the same..ever..



a sunset also gives us permission to just "be"...that most beautiful gift where we feel, for even just an instant, there are no judges or critics watching us, waiting to bring us down, if only for a moment...


for others , a sunset marks the end of a long work day and the permission for the evening cicades to crow their evening call...


yet still, for others, it can also mean the end of a life for someone they love, whose time here on this planet has been taken away (once again) all too soon...


Tonight's sunset for me here in Ko Lanta marked a moment of sheer gratitude of being able to be absolutely "in the moment" , taking in this most spectacular light show from mother nature. It is always humbling for me to be a witness to such an event ; it is also such an important reminder to me of how quickly the sun will go down again in just 24 hours...and what we do between those sunsets marks the chain of those often bittersweet memories we call...

life...

here's to many more sunsets filled with love, gratitude, and appreciation..

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