Perseids

august 12 2007

Ofcourse we went to the lake this evening.
It's the perfect spot to see the sky.
Well, relatively perfect, as there's still a lot of light.

People keep on lights beside their houses, streetlanterns are spreading light.

But the sky was clear, and we could see deep into space.

Within a minute we saw 3 shooting stars. And two more when we walked home.
Such beauty!
One of them was very long and bright.

Looking to the sky at the lakeside makes me forget everything and yet remember everything.

My dad and I used to look at the sky, so maybe that's why I get the feeling I belong here on earth.
But it also makes me feeling so bestranged about a lot of things human beings worry about, take their time for, spend money on.

Knowing there are millions of people in asia without home because of the floodings makes me wonder about how people can worry about the colour and prize of the tiles for their bathroom.
Knowing about the children on earth dying from hunger makes me wonder about the time people invest in planning menues. Isn't it taking the place of gratitude?
Knowing that so many people are denied entrance in a country at borders of countries makes me wonder why people think they deserve a better life than others.

Maybe the little walks to the little lake under the endless sky, knowing I'm not even a dot in the universe, makes me accept the little house we have, the struggle for something extra each day, the feeling I'm locked in a life that should be far better because I too deserve a caring husband instead of someone who follows his auti-like impulses.

It's seeing these skies, and this little bit of water, surrounded by bushes and trees, that levels out what makes my life my life.

I don't often talk about religion. People in my country don't.
But these moments are far better than preaches about the commandments.
Because these moments make clear that whoever you are, the world continous turning.
Whatever you wear, these falling stars are beautiful.

It was only a short walk.
There were people near the gardens and I didn't trust them.
Caught one wetting the fence of one of the houses.. so I wanted our gardendoor closed.