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| Later, my friend London, ON August 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Who am I to say no?
So I dutifully grab the camera bag and zing over to the nearby park for a ridiculously spontaneous moment amid the fading light.
Ridiculous because there’s no logical reason to drop everything and run to a stretch of overgrown, decidedly soaked grass beside a baseball field. The reward for doing so is a few dozen well-placed mosquito bites and the curious stares of strangers who wonder why this weirdo is pointing his lens at the sky.
Yet I’ve been doing it with increasing frequency this summer.
Because every once in a while it’s good for the soul to stand alone and just take it in. No apps, no feeds, no wireless. Just you and countless photons washing over you from 93 million miles away, perhaps interrupted by some clouds in the distance. Simple, really. But not.
Because once our nearest star fades for good and the show ends, I get to walk quietly away and ponder the wonder of what I’ve just witnessed.
Because what I’ve just witnessed is something I’ll never get to see again. At least not in that precise form. Different, sure. Spectacular, of course. But never Just. Like. That.
Because we’re only given a limited number of these moments, where the Sun reaches through the windows and asks us to come out for a closer look.
Because maybe we’ll be able to head out the next night.
Or maybe we won’t.
Because maybe the Sun won’t whisper.
Because nothing is ever guaranteed.
In the sky.
In life.
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