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The Stars Are There Every Night
But we don’t look or we can’t see
I’ve just returned from a few days camping where we were blessed with beautiful weather. Every night the stars were out, and every night we looked up in awe.
I thought to myself — these stars are always here, they’re always magnificent, but we only choose to acknowledge their greatness when two things intersect:
Possibility and choice.
Some nights there is cloud cover. Most nights we don’t even bother to look up. And yet there they are — eternally awesome.
How many other people and things in our lives are like the stars — always worth our appreciation but only get it when we’re not distracted and when we choose to look?
Life is busy, yes. But once in a while we need to make space. Then we create the possibility and choice for inspiration and appreciation.
