the view from the afternoon

this evening, before buka, i went outside just before maghrib. i've now decided that evening, when the sun is setting, is my favorite time of day.

the sky looked really great this evening. the sun was setting but it was turning cloudy so it was like the world was on fire, sort of. okay, not on fire but the air kind of had an orangey tint to it.
it was also thundering and there was lightning in the distance. it was like one of those scenes that National Geographic or Discovery Channel generate to replicate Mars or something. where the planets have fire all over the place and there are explosions and everything. it was one of those days when you really felt like you were living on a planet and not just the mere world which we take for granted every day.

and it's almost like every evening is different. the sun sets and makes the sky turn a different colour. sometimes its pink, sometimes its orange or maybe purplish. or it just turns from light blue to black.

and it's this time of the day when i feel most human and humble. mostly i go about my day ignoring the things around me, feeling big and in contorl, the world is my oyster. but in the evenings when i see the great things God gives us, i feel this huge sense of inferiority.
then i go inside to buka and i go and pray immediately.

sometimes, it just takes something as ordinary as the sun setting to make us appreciate what we have around us.

you should really try going outside just before maghrib. i think of it as my visual therapy.
wait, is there such a thing as visual therapy? =.=
there should be.