Here comes the sun

This is just a thought more than a full blog but it's something I realized the other day. I know I've posted here numerous times about my love for sunrises. Being that I go to work so early I've become quite a sunrise connoisseur. I think that all sunrises are beautiful but there are some that are just extra special. I've been thinking about what separates a beautiful sunrise from the ones that just take your breath away and I think I finally know the answer. Clouds.

When there are clouds in the sky, the sunlight bounces off them and creates beautiful shadows and gorgeous shades of pinks and oranges and blues. The rays shine down like spotlights out of the clouds and the sky behind them seems like it was painted on. The clouds take so many different shapes from big and fluffy to thin hot pink ribbons to big blankets that look like waves in the sky. I love the days when there are clouds in the sky and I can pick out the new intricacies of that day's sunrise.

Then this week it dawned on me. Just like the clouds make each sunrise different and unique and interesting and beautiful, clouds can have the same effect on people. The challenges and pain and moments that we experience during our lives are our clouds and they are what make us beautiful and interesting and unique. Without the clouds we'd still be nice but the clouds just make us that much better.

I think learning from our own experiences and not being afraid to try new things or challenge what we know or feel pain is what makes us who we are. Some days our skies are cloudier than others but on that day when your sunrise breaks through the clouds and you're all hot pink and glorious, that's a beautiful thing.