Look Up

Last night, on my walk home, I heard a plane fly by and I looked up. It took my eyes a few seconds to adjust to the darkness, but once they focused, what I saw was mesmerizing. The moon was perfectly crescent, the north star flickered like a faint candle and several other stars littered across the night sky.

This beautiful moment transported me back in time to the summer of 13′ when my family drove my brother off to a Christian summer camp right in the middle of Norwich- If you are lucky enough to be in Norwich at night, due to it’s remote location far away from London, you will set your eyes on arguably the most divine night sky in England – Imagine Van Gogh’s Starry night just a hundred times more vibrant and alive. Shootings stars, planets, meteor showers and constellations. You name it, this sky had it.

I suppose the message I would like to deliver through this post is to look up every now and then. In our hectic day to day routines, I feel we constantly drop our heads down whether it be looking down on our phones, computer screens or books. Ironically, the only time we ever look up is when we’re sleeping!

There is this spectacular natural beauty constantly hanging above our heads, it really is a shame to go about our lives in ignorance of it.

Josh

13-04-16