The Author's Corner: The Endless Sunset

Take a moment on a clear night to sit out and watch the sun set in the western skies. The yellows, oranges, reds and purples cascade across the horizon. Every night this happens and to watch it shows us how small we really are in this universe. The true fact is that you received another day to be alive. The things that you achieved before this sunset has put in for what is to happen tomorrow if you wake up because it is not a promise.

When we look back on our lives, it takes the joy out of today because today is all we have. There have been times when you wish you could change the past, however when you were faced with those situations you made the best decision you could have for yourself. To regret our past causes depression as we relive the past, and it happens to the best of us.

As the sun sets on another day, the prayer of a better day tomorrow is alive in us. It is like the light at the end of the tunnel that we are following. It is sometimes the only positive we can see because we may be going through hard times. In those moments we may wish that we just would not wake up. There are people like that today who wish that they had not woken up today and why is that so? There are many answers to that question.

The fact is that if you have woken up today, you have been given the gift of a new day. So many who are on the edge of life and death wish for a new day when they are on their death bed. The sadness is that every night we die and the decision of if we wake in the morning is not ours to make, the reason is because it is God/the Creator who makes that call.

Without the will to continue on, it makes the day harder and the option of taking your own life may have crossed your mind. For those of you who are reading this, I have been there and I know how it feels like there is no end in site and the darkness that you are going through is real. Yet we woke up this morning and it is a beautiful day. I continue to struggle with my illness, however I am in control of how I see this day and so are you.

Sometimes when we are in tough times, just watching the sunset gives us the strength we need to carry on. As you look back on your day, look at the positives that have happened, much less all of the positives in your life. It will give you the push you need for the next day to come.

We can take this time tonight where the sun is setting to realize how lucky we are and to know that there is a God/the Creator out there who is showing us everyday the masterpiece of what life is to be.

Stay safe.