The Clouds

Every great romantic, every famous author, every talented poet has passed time looking at the clouds. They've wondered at their beauty and their shape. How many artists have tried to capture their essence? How many children lie down to watch them each day? Any good philosopher, any renownd thinker can tell you this, as can i , and i am neither great nor talented; we are like the clouds. Just as unique, just as individually fascinating, and each just as easily over looked. Clouds are constantly moving and changing. They drift across the sky with no real destination, just like the journey of our lives. Clouds can bring peace and the feeling of a happy calm, or clouds and bring angst and a feeling of dread. Sometimes things build up inside a cloud and the cloud changes. The cloud tries to hold itself together, and in doing so it changes appearance. And sometimes clouds cry. Sometimes they're exceptionally emotional and there is a flood of tears. When the clouds have no tears left to cry, they might find their old selves again, or they might have crossed the line of no return. They might be unrecognizable, and they continue to drift. Sometimes new clouds appear, and sometimes clouds disappear. Sometimes clouds join together and sometimes clouds drift apart. It's all part of nature's cycle, it's all part of the circle of life. Everyday, clouds bask in the light of the sun. Some clouds block the sun's light from reaching the earth, some willingly let it's light through. The sun will always shine, it's light will always reach the earth, eventually. Some clouds are closer to the sun, some clouds are closer to the earth. As a cloud drifts closer or farther from the sun it changes. it has to change, it cannot move closer to the sun without changing. For a cloud, and for us, change is part of life. Clouds have learned to except that. But we, unlike the clouds have a choice. We have control over the changes in our lives. Each choice will bring a change and with each change comes another choice. Life is a journey of choices and of change. And sometimes when we're having trouble with that, it helps to take a second and look up at the clouds. You know, we are like the clouds.