Beautiful Stillness Sometimes when we gaze way up into the night sky we are moved by its vastness, it history, it's permanence, and its power to bring us closer to that which we cannot see. Sometimes we may wonder about how it all came to be -- the heavens -- with its steady lights and the quiet comfort it brings as we walk under its vault of infinite distance and lighted worlds. The lighted world in "Beautiful Stillness" seems as if to hover or float effortlessly much as "He" would have intended for all of us who take the time to be still and to observe such grace and power appear beyond the backdrop of mountains. We are somehow calmed by what we see as it changes its position. Possibly, if we notice it will be setting, some of us may be just a little sad -- sad to say "good-bye" to it. Possibly, we may notice our cresented friend is rising higher. And, we may be little happier there will be more of this world to see as the evening continues. There is a neighbor in this quite and beautiful event as well. I like to think of there being a timeless nature to what we see here. This is to say, it could a morning star or possibly an evening star which accompanies the large setting (or rising) body There is a wholeness and a peacefulness in these beginnings or endings of days as our steady star friend glistens nearby. It is as if they are somehow meant to always be together -- as if they travel as a pair, gently joining in differing ways of lighting the landscape we too marvel at. Neither moon or star overpower one another, yet both are steady, strong, and moving in unison. There could be no more perfect a setting . The mastery of design (by God) is somehow made more evident in the balance of fine light beams radiating from the pinpoint of what really could be thought of as a guiding light. The journey is somehow complete even as it continues to unfold. We are not alone as we witness something which is simply "beautifully still." Back