--- John Lubbock
One of the great reasons to live in the southwestern United States is definately the sunsets! They are truly magical. Each day is a fresh canvas that you watch eagerly waiting to see what grand creation the Master will paint across the desert sky!
I think John Ruskin said it best, "Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty."
Bernard Williams said, "It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream."
---Mahatma Gandhi
“I have been to the end of the earth,
I have been to the end of the waters,
I have been to the end of the sky,
I have been to the end of the mountains,
I have found none that are not my friends.”
--- Old Navajo Proverb
There is something old about the desert, mysteries sleep there that have long been forgotten. As you sit silently and watch the fiery sun slowly sink below the horizon, if you close your mind and open your heart, you can hear the Earth's heart beating, slowly, methodically, drumming. I think I understand the Navajo love for the earth, the land, they knew something we have forgot.
"We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea, and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew . . . Human Beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful . . . and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things."
--- Desmond Tutu
William Shakespeare put it like this, "The setting sun, and the music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than long things past."
--- David Wroblewski
And so, as in life, the sun sets now on my post, but fear not my friends, with same fiery glory in which the sunset, it will arise again in the east to herald the dawn of a new day, new beginnings, and new opportunities. Take time to enjoy life each day! And if you get the chance to visit Arizona don't miss the chance to see one of our sunsets here in the southwest.
Beautiful. And a quote from one of my heroes, and a compatriot: Desmond Tutu.
Glad you enjoyed it @fionasfavourites. I couldn't get WordPress to post directly to HIVE after I finished this, have a posting key issue, but I was able to cut and paste parts of the code into the editor so that helped immensely. This post was a bit of a test run but I'll get this nut cracked yet!
That's interesting. Have you managed to get into the Exxp discord? I had a similar problem when I changed hosts...long story. I know that if I search there, I'll find the fix. Let me see if I can find it, if need be.
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This is lovely! Sunsets are magical, a testament to the beauty of nature.
Well done! 🙂
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