Sky Blue

Apparently this is my 100th blog... Happy Anniversary? whatever the appropriate salutation may be, I had a thought a few days ago which tucked itself into the side of my mind. Consequently, it is not as fluid or eloquent as the first time it rang in my head, but such are the words which become damaged by days of pondering.

While walking down a lane lined by trees and curling into the same trees, I noticed a magnificently blue sky, and began to wonder upon its blue-ness. I declined the scientific explanation in hopes of finding a child-like answer to the question, "why is the sky blue?" Well, it is blue for many reasons.

First, it is blue because blue so perfectly complements the greeen of the earth (even when the trees turn yellow, red, and then brown, it is still a perfect match).

Then it is blue to block the stars during the day so that you may realize that life is what occurs everywhere around you; that it is here, on earth, and so that you may focus on those things around you.

The only star to be seen during the day is the sun. This is so that you may come to understand, daily, that life is dependant on something other than yourself. And the moon also, which guides the tides, can be seen. This is so you may understand that not everything is in your control- there is a greater force which guides us.

Then this perfectly matched blue sky, which by day conceals the depths of the universe, dissolves as the sun sets so that you may wonder upon the stars before you go to bed. And the blue sky remains hidden until morning so that your dreams my have no limits, that you may be without bounds before it gently reminds, with the help of the sun, that there are things here that need to be done.