For the longest time, I thought I was trudging through ‘life’  like a dead sea slug or something – without aim, without purpose.

Sorry, that was a horrible attempt at lying.

But I did find something that gave me a teensy bit more motivation to work harder and be able to one day guiltlessly squander all my cash to achieve this non-materialistic feat:

Have you guys heard of the Aurora Borealis?

Also known as the Northern Lights. Gorgeous.

Can you imagine a curtain of translucent colours illuminating the dark chilly sky one fine Winter’s night? Right above your very head! Right now I’m not doing a fantastic job at describing it for you guys, but I’m trying my best. Way. Too. Gorgeous. Todescribeinplainwords. Seriously – look it up if you don’t already know what it is.

Ever since I’d heard of this amazing out-of-this-world-phenomenon, I knew right there and then that THAT was the one thing I would have to see before I die and I’m sure millions of individuals out there share the same sentiments as I do. The Aurora Borealis is too much of a breath-taking sight to miss – But what do I know? I’ve never been to the North to look at it… Excuse me while I bawl my head off and wallow in self-pity.

One day I hope to capture the brilliance of this natural beauty through film or something.
But I probably wouldn’t do it much justice.

The fact that it’s really a gift from Mother Nature and is not man-made at all gives it quite a bit of spiritual significance – maybe close enough to be comparable to an enlightenment. *Cue holy music*
Okay, I doubt that, but it should be enough to make you feel like you’re nothing but a teeny tiny little human in a huge ass world.

For now, I guess the closest I’ll get to it is from behind the fingerprint-smudged glass screen of my MacBook notPro (unfortunately, but I’m not complaining)

But then again, it makes me wonder why people would spend so much money just for visual satisfaction.
I guess it all comes down to the simple joy of being able to see the world around us and how some things remind us that the world is not such a terrible place as a lot of people make it to be.
It’s just that some things are harder to see than others.

Too bad we take our sense of sight for granted.
The contact lens drying up on my eyeballs right now? Now that is proof.

I’ll be gone now!
Turrah!