I was browsing through my Google Photos the other day and I realised that I had built up a collection of images of sunsets and sunrises throughout the last 10 years.
I wondered why sunsets and sunrises captivated me so much.
Other than their obvious beauty, was there more to it?
I recalled telling my husband a few times in our past that dusk was my favourite time of the day.
The sky turns a beautiful light orange, red and blue, casting a lovely glow all around us. Even the colours appear more contrasted at that time of day. We could be driving home from work or going for dinner, a natural calm seems to set in with this colour palette appearing, even the air outside is cooler compared to the heat of the day in the country I live in.
I realised another reason why I loved sunsets.
It put things into perspective that no matter how our day went, the earth still rotates around the sun, and our issues at work or in other difficult matters in our life may be temporal, seasonal even. Time moves on, and so do our lives.
For those of us who practice faith, it may even evoke feelings of spirituality and bring to mind a creator, and some comfort comes from that.
It also feels like a cap at the end of the day, sort of closure, means there will be another day coming, and a new start begins at sunrise.
I hope the setting and rising of the sun each day brings you some joy as well, as it does to me.
