Stargazing and Cemetaries
“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” ~Marcus Aurelius, Meditations I’ve learned to appreciate the occasional reality check; the ones where you accidentally slip over the deceptive black ice or miss a step while rushing down the stairs. But I haven’t yet fully learned that reality constantly presents itself in lovelier, seldom appreciated forms. This week, my life seemed full of contradictions: for emergency reasons, my loved ones traveled halfway across the world without me; my schedule seemed…