Sunrises have been spectacular recently and this morning was Amazing. First there was a dark, almost black, strip of cloud on the far horizon. The sun's first rays touched it with stripes of red, making a foreboding stretch across the sky. Then the sun began to rise and the sky beneath the cloud as well as the stripes turned that deep, deep orange of embers so that sky looked on fire. As that began to fade to a deep pink, the clouds and sky around turned an unusual purple. Meanwhile, high above little wisps of cloud turned pink and pretty as the whole sky lightened into dawn's early blue. Fabulous.
Once again I reflected that to have that kind of sunrise (or sunset), there must be clouds. So like life. If we live with blue skies all the time, it's nice and it is sort of ordinary. What makes a life "spectacular" and meaningful are the clouds that are scattered through it. A life lived in the darkness of despair and the fiery embers of hope as well as the gentle rose of happiness and the deep clear blues of Joy. It takes a range of emotions and experiences to bring a life to fulfillment just as it takes a range of clouds to bring a sunrise of surprise and delight.
May you find the embers of hope within your clouds ~ with blessings
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