The Night Sky

The lockdown days aren’t just passing away, are they? Honestly, nobody expected such a thing to happen in 2020 out of nowhere. And just yesterday, the government extended this lockdown to 3^rdMay, which makes it to a total of 40 days in home.

But every cloud has a silver lining. You finally got those much-needed holidays you’ve always wanted. Yeah, it may not be exactly what you wanted, but you just can’t ask for more during such a tough time that the nation and the world is going through.

Someday, if you don’t feel sleepy enough and have some time- look upon the night sky with the Moon shining with all it’s might. The star studded sky looks just so beautiful, you even forget about the mosquitoes pestering you for a while. 

Suddenly, you spot a plane flying high up in that vast, endless ocean of the heavens. Surely, it’s a cargo plane, but that doesn’t bother you. You call up your friend and to your surprise, they find a plane flying too!! You both are under the same night sky, and the fact that someone can relate to it is so cool!

The night sky, it’s amazing and wonderful. Everything’s so quiet and peaceful and there you are awake while the whole world sleeps. (Well, not the whole world, I have some friends who study the entire day and night.)  

    

                                                

The silence belongs to you in complete infinity and eternity. And you are there to fill it with colours when morning comes up. Forget your worries, and close your eyes. The past and the future shouldn’t bother you. After all, life is the moment we’re living in right now…Even the stars and the Moon are not visible under the overpowering brightness of the mighty Sun, but at night they shine with all their might and give hope to the fact that no matter how dark the road is ahead, there’s always a way out.

A gentle breeze blows, and makes you laugh. Try to relive and feel those days when your parents and grandparents narrated you stories till you fell asleep. And this time, just watch the Moon and stars narrate to you their own story- a story of two infinities. We have a short time on this Earth, but so what- we are infinite too. Within this short time, we experience countless moments, obstacles, and the excitements that we ourselves find it hard to recollect them all. We're perhaps a smaller infinity than the Moon and the stars, but infinite nonetheless.

Observe the night sky well, and watch the Moon and stars tell you their tale. Look up at the sky and then think of the nursery rhyme –“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” which was probably one of the first rhymes you came across. It's not just a rhyme-it's filled with meaning too...

You’ll be amazed and spellbound just like when you were a little kid watching the stars twinkle. Only this time, you won’t fall asleep. You’ll wait till the end of the story…

You know what, let’s go stargazing some night, and listen to the tales of the night sky…