I had an epiphany tonight as I was walking home! You see, there is a dark spot near my house, a field, with no lights. I was walking on the pavement and I happened to see a white dot ahead of me up in the cloudless sky. I assumed it was a plane that had made its way up into the atmosphere, ready to travel across the lands, however, it did not move. I instantly looked up only to see a dazzling spectacle of twinkling lights: Stars! It was beautiful. I was marveled and intrigued by the twilight of outer space. Of course, I was still walking with my head tilted up and noticed I had strayed off the path I was previously walking on. Now before I reveal my epiphany, allow me to explain something you may or may not have already known. As science has it, light has a maximum velocity. Therefore, in theory, the stars we see in the sky are light waves that took time to reach the earth. In other words, when looking at the many stars in the sky, we're looking into the past. My epiphany was that if you keep looking into the past, good or bad, you will start straying off the path you were once taking. Be aware of your surroundings and, although it is great to have memories, look forward and keep moving. Work your way back to the path and head for home.
Wow. I'm reading all your entries despite the small fonts and I feel inspired and enlightened by your words in every single one of them.
ReplyDeleteI love your take on your epiphany using looking at the stars as the ground story I know of that fact too and once I pondered over the fact that I was looking at stars which may have since stopped existing. Your straying off the path while looking at the "past" is definitely a good take.