So, I was driving down the road today, and while I was on a particularly open bend, I look up into the just dawning sky. I was taken aback at first, I was looking up at a particularly beautiful cloudbreak, where the sun was partially covered, and the rays of the sun were coming out of the bottom. It was a piece of art. It was magnificent. It brought a tear to my eye as I realized that I would never get to see that exact moment again. Lost it was to the rapid passing of time. I slowed my car down, and pulled to the side of the road, and sat there for a few minutes, the slow dawning of the vastness of the universe, the sights I was missing. I nearly cried at the thought that there were countless possibilities that I will never ever be able to experience. The fact that my exsistence is so hollow frightened me, and I was locked up in fear, sadness, confusion. Emotions pored out of me all at once.

Then I remembered that I was human.

It’s strange. I remembered the simple fact that I had a whole life ahead of me, I remembered that I had friends, family, all in the here and now. I remembered how many little blessings I got, and that I should be grateful that I had the time to look up, and notice this wonderful place. The world that had just dropped out from under me fell back into place, and something deep inside me felt warm and satisfied.

…Then I was late for class, hit the gas, and sped all the way to the College.