I have always wondered why people wish for ‘bright sunny’ days in life.
I was sitting under a tree at the HCU food court today when I noticed the shadows of the canopy on the sand. Bright sunlight streaming down from a blue and white sky and creating shadows on the sand. And then a little wisp of a cloud paased over the sun. The shadows were gone, only to be replaced by a not-too-bright-not-too-grey light. And the colours around me were in sharper focus. The greens were greener, the flowers fresher, the sand grainier.
And then I wondered, why not wish for an overcast day?
Imagine if life were like an eternally overcast day... There would be a sun, yes, but no shadows on the sand. And isn’t it better to have a neutral life, sans the extremities between brightness and shadows really? Neither too much, neither too little. A perfect life with the perfect lighting. One could simply look up to the skies without having to shield one’s eyes from the brightness of the sun or despairing at the sight of clouds. Just the neutral brightness of an overcast day...
Wish life was so simple, an overcast day under a tree with a cup of coffee...
