When the Sun is just going down and the street lights are just warming up and there is a strange sense of change!
Change that will wring in another change. The night creatures come out and the day ones go in. But for now, you see both.
Transitions for that reason are magical. You see what was. And what will soon be. And the inbetween too.
(at Dunearn Road College Green)
How many umbrellas do you need to keep the one Sun out?
How many colours can each umbrella throw?
How many shapes can emerge in the dance of light and shadow?
How many men & women are part of the dance?
And how many know they are!?! L
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#season #future (at Madurai, India)
Its always about the frame. How you frame the problem changes the problem.
Here I was talking to people and then began a trudge down the rolling hills. After about 30 minutes of a happy downward trudge on a rolling hill, which is more than pleasant for a happy walk.
I turned around to find that the people who I was speaking to were but small objects in the distance. The hill in itself a mere hump in horizon and the light ( or the lack of it) made them look like mannequins in a store!
Try changing the frame. What we see changes depending on where we see it from!
(at Vagamon, Kerala)
So, how do you welcome a new day?
When the Sun sends the first hints of his shimmering rays, it is but a small hint of the opportunity ahead.
To continue the work from yesterday.
To begin anew.
To press reset.
To walk the long road.
To course correct.
To sit down and reflect.
Whatever works for you.
That the Sun shows up in the east can lull us to think of it as a matter of routine. But to look at it as something else can alter how we treat the rest of the day.
So, wherever you are, sing in celebration when the Sun shows up. Dance. Run. Play. Read.
The majestic Sun teaches us about changes & transitions like none else.
(at Udaipur City, Rajasthan, India)
The incredible thing about sunsets is that they have an uncanny similarity with sunrises.
Every sunset gives way to a new sunrise. Its the time when the birds are close to home. Either flying away or flying to.
Both sunrises and sunsets are lovely to look at. There are several reasons. One such is both represent change. Of a closure of sorts and the beginning anew of something else.
The birds will tell you the true story. For they show you how to fly
It’s early in the morning. The Sun is unleashing a fresh crimson on an early sky which still seems besotted with the night gone by.
The Sun is there. Persistent yet silent. The only loud statement coming from it action : a constant rising.
People warm up to the Sun. But before people do, the birds set off a note of welcome. Loud. Joyful. Synchronous in their randomness. And as they announce their presence the giant temple gopuram of several centuries seems to nod and smile.
A new day is here. The Sun is out. It’s time to flap your wings and fly.
Fly.
(at Meenakshi Amman Temple)
Across the bridge, beyond the river and from behind the mountains, the Sun emerged. Announcing a new day and another opportunity to begin anew.
That is all that’s required. One more chance to give it a go.
#NeverGiveUp #never #traveller #travel #travelblogging #blogging #startup #entreprenuership #adventure #Sun #sunrise #love #joy #river #bridges #morning #day (at Mumbai, India)
The waterfront arrived unannounced.
We walked through pathways and roads that were remarkably well maintained given that there was practically no one there. We descended a flight of stairs and the sea was upon us.
Holding a lingering crimson of a setting Sun for just a minute longer. Like lovers hugging and saying goodbye in a train station.
A lady and her brisk dog walked by. Each anticipating the others move. With space, joy and untethered happiness.
It was a moment that the Sun would have rued missing.
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Perhaps it was the effect of Tennyson whose home this place housed. Freshwater Bay, Isle Of Wight.
It was a spectacular sunset. The fact that there was Sun was such joy. And then to see this sunset was a huge lottery win!
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#England #UnitedKingdom #travel #travelblogging #travelblogger #Traveldiaries (at Freshwater Bay Beach)
The balustrade on the bridge over the River Sienne on Paris, has seen much river flow beneath it. So much so, that it barely warms up to the Sun making its appearance in the horizon.
The Sun isn’t making an appearance for the Sienne either. Some sort of a magical coincidence.
The average traveller in me revels at such coincidences as we pack our bags one more time today.
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