Clarity…
Greeting dear friends & fellow navigators, & welcome to my world today. Have you ever met someone who seems unshaken, even when life throws everything at them? A month back in Week # 882, I suggested: The sky has recently been putting on a masterpiece many evenings, with hues of fire & blush melting into blue, & we do not even look up.
I thought I would develop these thoughts further during this week. There is something about the night sky I think simply just slows everything down. Maybe you have felt it too ~ the strange calm to settle in when the world goes quiet & the stars come out. It is like time hits pause for a minute, & you finally get a chance to breathe.
For me, it is become something of a ritual. When life feels a little too loud ~ when I have been staring at a screen all day, juggling to-do lists, or just trying to keep up, I will step outside, look up, & just… be. No agenda. No need to fix anything or make sense of everything. Just me & the stars, & the quiet which comes with them.
Every time I do this, I end up feeling a little more grounded. A little more me.
I do not think we realise how much noise we carry with us. All day long, we are processing ~ conversations, social media, news, our own inner chatter. We are constantly reacting. It is exhausting, even when we do not notice it happening. But when you are standing outside in the dark, wrapped up in night air, looking at the same stars & they have been burning for millions of years, suddenly the pressure lets up. You remember how small all the noise is. How temporary. How human. Somehow, I feel this comforting.
It is in those moments of stillness where I find space to think ~ really think, without distraction. Sometimes I find myself reflecting on things I did not even realise were weighing on me. Old memories pop up. Forgotten dreams. Quiet fears. There is no filter under the stars. No expectations, & without all the background noise, I can actually hear myself.
Not the “version of me” I present to the world. The real me. The tired, hopeful, uncertain, honest me. The one who does not always have it all figured out & maybe this is why I keep going back. Not because the stars give me answers, but because they make it okay not to have them.
I think we all need more of this. More softness. More silence. More room to be uncertain. Life moves fast, & the pressure to always know what is next ~ to always be doing ~ is real. But clarity rarely shows up when we are forcing it. Sometimes, the most important realisations come when we finally give ourselves permission to stop.
So I want to offer this to you ~ not as advice, but as an invitation.
Take a moment tonight. Even five minutes. Step outside. No phone, no headphones, no
expectation. Just look up. You do not have to feel anything profound. You do not have to sort your life out. But maybe, just maybe, you will feel a shift. A softening. A little more peace than you had five minutes ago.
Because the truth is, the stars have a way of reminding us, life is both bigger & simpler than we make it. They remind us, even in the chaos, there is still space for wonder. Still space to breathe. Still space to come back to ourselves, & this dear friend, even if only for a moment, can change everything.
Just few observations again dear friends, & provide an opinion in my world. Thank you for stopping by, I appreciate your being here. If my journey encourages you also, all is well with my soul. Looking forward to next week; this is Kenn Butler in Paradise, Nelson with best wishes.
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