What follows is a glimpse into my random deep thoughts
Today I was eating a blood orange standing in my kitchen. Removing the peel with my hands as I stared out the window at the Tuscan sun reflecting off the building across the street. Looking back down at the orange I had a random thought. Which is better: the sun or the moon?
At first, I thought, surely the sun. I love the sun. I love hot weather, the way the rays of light stream through my window in the morning, and the rosy kisses it leaves on my cheeks in the summer. I love the way it leaves light streaks in my hair and gives my skin a golden glow after a day spent bathing in it. It radiates light and love in every direction. Giving our entire earth its most powerful source of energy. It is our timekeeper, our power creator, and our life giver. A giant ball of energy floating out in space. It is the single most vital element to our earthy presence. Without it, most of life on earth would cease to exist. It is planet earth’s all-powerful source of life. Yet it doesn’t need us like we need it.
The moon is something else entirely. Our moon is only ours. A giant rock which orbits our earth. Making the journey around once a day every day. If you look up at the sky at night you can see it shining in all its glory. Silently recording the days as they pass. With its position in relation to the earth and sun reflected upon its surface. The moon is not selfish as the sun is. It boasts no natural glow at all. It reflects the rays of the sun as they surround the earth. Lighting up the dark night sky while the sun does its job on the opposite side of the world. Yet no less important is it to our earth than the sun. Our moon keeps us in balance. Exerting its gravitational pull to keep us in orbit. It’s silent, humble, peaceful, wise.
My orange looked like the sun. Bursting with red and orange streaks of color. Yet when pulled apart into its individual pods, I noticed that each piece was shaped like a crescent moon. All of them together, stacked side by side making up its contents in whole. The lesson being: you cannot have one without the other. Everything in this world is interconnected. Everything relies on something else in order to thrive. We cannot think of ourselves as independent beings. We all need each other. Like the sun cannot live without the moon, and the moon without the sun, we are one.
