Mark Anthony Esperida

What do The Stars and the Sky Tell me About Life?

The stars: What’s with them?

“Star light, star bright. First star I have seen tonight. I wish I may I wish I might, that my wish comes true tonight”. Have you heard this? Of course yes, isn’t it? We usually sing this in our kindergarten level or in our first grade. Stars, stars, .and stars… what do they tell about life?
Stars are believed and said to be some kind of magical. They say that they are magical because they make your wishes and dreams come true. They said that if you wish upon a star, particularly a falling star, it will make your wish come true.
In the ancient days, falling stars or comets are said to bring bad luck. They say that these bring curses the land where they would pass. It may cause death of leaders, kings and other royal-blooded people in that nation or a big calamity is coming in the form of natural disasters, diseases, drought, thirst, famine or even a bloody war.
Nowadays, stars are believed to be granter of wishes. I do not know why they evolved or changed in meaning. Stars, like humans, evolve and pass through different stages. They also pass through many difficulties; they undergo phases that pass through the nuclear, atomic or radioactive changes. This reflects on humans, that like a star, they are being molded into better citizens. They tell us that there are times when we undergo many changes in life; from a toddler, to a kid; a kid to a teen and so on. Stars are made to let us remember that people evolve, undergoing changes not only physical, also psychological.
In a form of a joke, you can say that stars are to remind us that we experience aging and we are also buried fifty feet below the ground.
Seriously, stars are to tell us that as a generation passes by, it gives way to a new generation from its own guts. Like humans, blood is passed from generation to generation.

The Sky

Is there anything in the sky that tells you something about life? For me, the clouds tell something about life. It does not only bring precipitation, it also brings something about life.
In the circle of life, as we journey through life, we experience difficulties and get hold of problems but like clouds, we can only get 100% humidity of our problems and not beyond that limit.
Another factor is as clouds appear, they darken the surroundings. It reflects when we are on the dark side of our life. But as the wind blows the clouds away, we can experience again the good weather and the goodness of life. This is also to remind us that we can go through our own problems. Remember, in life, we experience ups and downs, positives and negatives and pros and cons.
Look above you, can you have something that tells about life? Let Neil Armstrong be our inspiration in reaching those heavenly bodies. Remember that he was the first one to land on the moon that the ancient people had think that they could not reach.

posted by markanthony @ 2:58 PM