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A metaphor
(This is the only un-processed pic on this website)
I went with a few Ukraine friends to Beuel, a small city close to cologne, for some campfire and nature. The most exciting thing though is the meteor shower. Under the influence of various dramas I watched as a teenager, I always thought it's one of the most romantic thing to do. But since I have got a pretty bad myopia and I have not been outdoor that much during nights, I have seen shooting star only once, in my entire life. Also sadly I never watched meteor shower with a lover before either, for various reasons. So I believe it's one of the hardest things in the world to see a meteor shower, or even a shooting star.
I lay on the grass for 1 hours waiting for my beautiful meteor shower. My companions saw more than 8 shooting stars, yet I hadn't seen any! I got pissed.
' Why is it that I can't see any while you keep on spotting them?!!'
' You have to look loosely at the sky, and do nothing but to enjoy it. If you keep busy checking your iphone app for the star map and focusing on a particular one, of course you will miss it.
It's not that difficult. It's all in your minds.'
Then I saw it. I saw five!! Well it's nothing so shockingly beautiful; it's rather ephemeral. We did not manage to see the meteor shower either. But being surrounded by nice people and warm fire, it's cozy and romantic enough.
When you think of love, friendship, or other sacred and far-reaching things like goals of life, they do sound like shooting stars. -Seriously, when you try to perceive it you can not even materialize it - just like the fact that I can't capture stars with my camera. If you focus on the highest goals or the hottest girls/guys (aka. brightest stars), you miss even more beautiful things. The really meaningful things are actually quite approachable, as common as an old shoe.
A metaphor
(This is the only un-processed pic on this website)
I went with a few Ukraine friends to Beuel, a small city close to cologne, for some campfire and nature. The most exciting thing though is the meteor shower. Under the influence of various dramas I watched as a teenager, I always thought it's one of the most romantic thing to do. But since I have got a pretty bad myopia and I have not been outdoor that much during nights, I have seen shooting star only once, in my entire life. Also sadly I never watched meteor shower with a lover before either, for various reasons. So I believe it's one of the hardest things in the world to see a meteor shower, or even a shooting star.
I lay on the grass for 1 hours waiting for my beautiful meteor shower. My companions saw more than 8 shooting stars, yet I hadn't seen any! I got pissed.
' Why is it that I can't see any while you keep on spotting them?!!'
' You have to look loosely at the sky, and do nothing but to enjoy it. If you keep busy checking your iphone app for the star map and focusing on a particular one, of course you will miss it.
It's not that difficult. It's all in your minds.'
Then I saw it. I saw five!! Well it's nothing so shockingly beautiful; it's rather ephemeral. We did not manage to see the meteor shower either. But being surrounded by nice people and warm fire, it's cozy and romantic enough.
When you think of love, friendship, or other sacred and far-reaching things like goals of life, they do sound like shooting stars. -Seriously, when you try to perceive it you can not even materialize it - just like the fact that I can't capture stars with my camera. If you focus on the highest goals or the hottest girls/guys (aka. brightest stars), you miss even more beautiful things. The really meaningful things are actually quite approachable, as common as an old shoe.