The Moon Really Could Not Be More Obvious About This

Sometimes you lay awake thinking about all of the things. It's 1 a.m. and your eyes snap open because your brain simply could not wait one more second to tell you: WHAT ABOUT THESE (MOSTLY IMAGINARY) PROBLEMS?? Had you thought about THOSE THINGS? You kick the sheets, trying to kick the thoughts. No go. Night follows night. You are no stranger to the darkness. But then one night you lay awake thinking about none of the things. Ambivalence -- the most insidious emotion -- skewers its claws into your ribcage. It's too exhausting to care. What's the point? At 3:26 a.m. that night, just as you are finally drifting off to sleep, your 3-year-old will come into the room because -- well it doesn't really matter why she *says* she comes in every night. The real reason is that she wants to know that she is not alone in this world and you really can't blame her for that now, can you? Or maybe there is another reason she comes in. You watch, Soldier. Watch what happens. After you stroke your daughter's cheek and tuck her back into bed, you will turn, and through the crack in the side of the room-darkening blinds, you will see it: the moon. Its brilliance will cut through the night and illuminate your face and cause physical reactions within you. You'll gasp, step backwards, and drop down onto the side of the bed with awe. When was the last time something has cut through the darkness like this? The white on black, the crisp points of the crescent moon... it's hard to ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news