Random thought...

I was walking home tonight, and when I looked up I saw this really bright full moon in the sky. As I kept staring at it, I started thinking about some stuff...




Sunset. What comes to mind? A particular scene in a movie, perhaps? Don't you find it cliche to have happy endings in fairy tales where the princess finds her 'prince charming' and then "ride off into the sunset"?

Think about it. Sure, when you're stationary and looking at the couple through the camera on television, you think it looks spectacular, that it's romantic, but have you ever thought about if you were the 'prince' or 'princess' instead of just a spectator? How would it feel?

The sun is in front of you, but you know you'll never be able to reach it, and seriously, nor do you really wish to. You can keep riding and riding it forever, but sooner or later the sun will set, and you'll be engulfed in darkness.

Which led me to think... if darkness follows after sunset, why is it thought of as a 'happy ending'? Why not use... a sunrise or something? It sure seems more promising, to have your road in light, where you can look forward without fear. It seems more cheerful too, doesn't it?

Odd, really. The people who invented it were probably too lazy to wake up early in the morning... or by the time they finished writing the story it's evening... so they thought it would be more appropriate to have a sunset instead of a sunrise...

Laziness. Sounds like me.


Signing off... ...