Watching the evening light fade

Endings and beginnings
London, ON
June 2021
This photo originally shared on Instagram

You can feel quite small standing under the darkening twilight sky, as the invisible sun slowly slips further underneath the planet, leaving the landscape behind to gently paint itself blue, then black.

You can also feel quite humbled. Lucky, even, for having gotten another day, and for being able to make it out to this very spot in a nearby park so you - and the very patient family dog - can take in this very scene.

At first blush this is an ending, the dying light of a day slipping into history. Some might choose to see this through a sad lens, but I suspect they're missing the point.

Every good chapter needs just as good of an ending. It can't just end abruptly. There has to be a process, a bit of a dance, maybe some flourish to close it off in a deserved manner and set up for whatever comes next.

Because if we've played our cards right, the sun will find its way back to the other side by morning, and maybe, just maybe, we'll be blessed with another chapter, another opportunity to tell another part of our ongoing story.

And even if we don’t, then we had a good run while it lasted.

The dog, of course, doesn't care about any of this. She's just happy to be out for a walk, enjoying the here-and-now without worrying about what might come next.

Maybe she's onto something. If we're lucky, we'll be able to explore this notion more fully tomorrow.

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