Stay* For Just a Moment: a communion with the sky

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Pick a day, preferably a nice day; partly cloudy with a gentle breeze...A day where you could stand outside for a while. Now find a spot that has a clear view of the westward sky. At the end of that day go to that spot and wait for the sun to set. Feel the warmth from the sun until it disappears behind whatever is in your way; trees, mountains, water, buildings. Watch clouds turn from pure untouched white to shades of pink and grey and notice how heavy they feel now. See them in relation to the sky who is now shaded orange, pink and green. She changes for you at this moment but is still how you remember her to someone else. Never static; transient beauty. It is not just the sky; we are in constant motion. If even just physically, we can never occupy the same space for more than a moment. Crashing through the cosmos we brave the storm undeniably linked in our trajectory. Any perception of constant is a phallacy of a mind determined to find reason in the unrelenting waves. We were made for this though. Our bodies: built to adapt, made for change, made of motion.