My day yesterday was bookended by pink skies. I woke up early to do some work before class and saw, through my blinds, colourful clouds. I haven’t seen many sunrises recently, so I eagerly opened my blinds and soaked in the sky as I worked on my assignments. It was a lovely beginning to my day.
I met up with a few of my friends for breakfast. I ate what were quite possibly the best pancakes I’ve ever had in my life. We all laughed when our one friend learned that orange pekoe is not a tea flavour, it simply makes the tea orange—she discovered this after sticking her nose in her mug, trying to sniff the flavour.
Then we went to our journalism lecture and to our lab afterwards. I spent my afternoon editing a video with my partner for an assignment—it was time-consuming, but I learned a lot about the video editing process, and we had a lot of fun while doing this. I didn’t expect that we would finish the video today, but we did—and crossing it off my assignment planner felt amazing.
After exporting the video, I went shopping with one of my friends and then had dinner while watching this week’s episode of Riverdale on Netflix (if you haven’t watched Riverdale, I would highly recommend it). Then I did some more work planning an essay and brainstorming topics for a journalism assignment.
As night fell, I looked down the street and noticed a pink hue—just like I had seen in the morning. With a darkening sky, bright headlights from passing cars and a colourful background behind tall buildings, it was a gorgeous scene. Watching the sky, I thought about how lucky I was that I got to see a beautiful sky not just once, but twice over the course of a day.
I saw a quote recently that has stuck in my mind: “Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.” Being a student, my days tend to be filled with classes, assignments and writing (I am studying journalism, after all). And in between these things are co-curriculars, going to the gym, hanging out with friends and, of course, relaxing. In the midst of all of these things, my life happens.
Sometimes I feel like life is moving too quickly—not necessarily that it is passing me by, but just that it is speeding along while I am busy with school and other things. But that quote reminds me that those things are my life. The essay and article writing, the laughing with friends over delicious pancakes, the learning how to edit videos and watching Netflix in bed—my life is made up of these moments. If I acknowledge them, then I feel less like life is moving too quickly and more like I have a solid grasp on it.
Seeing a beautiful sky—either a sunrise, or a sunset—always grounds me in a moment of reflection and awareness. Yesterday, seeing both helped make me mindful of all of the moments in this life that I am so grateful to be living. Life may be what happens while you are busy with other things, but you can be fully present in your life if you embrace the moments that make every day special.
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This was beautiful, I suddenly felt so calm reading this .xx
I’m so glad!! Thank you 🙂
Love this post, a good reminder that noticing and loving the beauty of nature helps to calm the mind and helps us appreciate the gift of life we have. Take care and good luck with your studies.
Rusty.
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So true! Thanks, Rusty!
Lovely writing Sherina, I like your positive approach… keep enjoying!!
Thank you Madeeha! 🙂
Loved the way you framed (actually bookended) the story of your day with the sunrise/sunset and tied it together with the quote. I always enjoy reading your blogs – it is a joy to read such well written pieces
Thank you so much! 🙂
Great post Sherina. Now you’ll have to let me know… where did you get the pancakes?
It’s a detailed post with such happy moments, and I was thinking the same which restaurant did you go to ☺
Thanks, Keith! They were from a breakfast restaurant near my university (I don’t think it’s a chain, unfortunately!).
Sunrises are quite possibly my favorite part of life. Beautiful photograph, simple post, pleasant feelings.
Thank you so much! I agree, sunrises are lovely (although I’m not often awake to witness them, haha!) 🙂
A lovely post, Sherina. I identify with much of what you write and as always, love the images accompanying your words.
Thank you so much! 🙂
Such an inspiring post! I am personally working on just taking in daily moments, it is hard not getting caught up in everything else or trying to keep up. Being content in today is a great discovery, enjoyed your share of this!
Thank you! Glad you found it inspiring 🙂
Beautifully wrapped day thoughts. It good when you get to appreciate a good one.
Thank you! 🙂
Very nice I enjoyed reading this a lot!
Thank you! Much appreciated 🙂
..living fully in the present , yeah?… I think I got that.
Thanks for reading!
This post has beautiful and positivity written all over it (literally). Love it
Thank you!!!
I always miss sunrises as I’m usually sleeping or getting ready for work, but now I might make the effort to get up early to watch one 🙂 I always love taking a moment to look up at the stars! They make me feel more alive and adventurous!
I agree!! 🙂
What a beautiful post. Really poignant…and true. Sometimes it’s scary to think that our life is happening NOW and not in a few years time when we’re ready for it xx
I agree!! Thanks for reading 🙂
A lovely write up! Blogging done right. ☺️
Thanks so much! 🙂
I feel this all the time! Recently did a post on it too, but your imagery with the description is very well written. 🙂
Thanks, Winta! 🙂
Beautifully written and nicely descriptive 😄
Thanks!! 🙂