We Are All Falling Stars

When I was still teaching in the mountains, I loved the experience of walking home under the night sky, with no electricity, no lights around me.

From horizon to horizon, all I saw were stars.  Beautiful.

And most of the time, I’d be lucky to see a shooting star, a falling star.

And as the old adage goes, you wish upon a falling star.

Why do we?

Brightness inspires hope

Bob, a dear friend of mine, shared this with us, and is inspiring this post that I’m writing now.

That we wish upon falling stars, as they streak across the night sky, leaving behind a trail of light, for a moment, shining brighter than the stars around them, who are still.

Their brightness, their quick and deliberate movement amongst a sea of unmoving and still compatriots.  That inspires hope, and maybe, brings us to bring forward our wishes and hopes.

And yet, why not just wish upon any other star in the night sky?  Why the falling stars?

 

Hope amidst all else

It’s the hope despite the falling, the failing, the fall, the crash.

It’s the hope despite the down times, the tough times, the hard times.

It’s the hope amidst all of the darkness surrounding us and our lives.  Both the struggles and the joys.

It’s the hope.  It’s the fight.  It’s the shining.

The shining star burning bright, despite falling.

That against all odds, our hopes, our wishes, would be granted.

 

We are all falling stars

All of us burning what we got, providing what light we have, and surrounded by darkness.

Also, surrounded by other stars, their light and hope, and inspiration as well.

We are all falling stars, and it is in our shining, our light, and our brightness that we inspire, that we give hope.

In our lives, we all go through down times, the trying times, challenges and hardships.  Some have even called parts of their life, hell.

It is in the living of life, and in going through and rising above the challenges and hardships that we burn bright and inspire.  To persevere and work hard against seemingly insurmountable odds, and come out a better person.

 

Leaving a trail

For several years, I was stuck in a difficult situation I didn’t know how to get myself out from.  I started two businesses, and in a span of almost two years, closed them down, and then I had four years of struggling and drifting, not really knowing what to do.

I fell hard and fast.  Hit rock bottom.  I felt I didn’t have any options, and believed in that feeling.  I couldn’t see a way out, and I believed that life was hard, money was harder, and love hurts.

By grace, faith, and hard, hard work, I was able to be in a better place now, than I was in the years before.

And the stories, the lessons, the struggles, I wanted to keep with me.  I then put up this blog, and then started sharing the trials and lessons I encountered and learned.

 

Share, Provoke, Teach, Inspire

I admit, I was also writing and posting for myself as well.  It was in writing that I was able to look at my situation objectively, and to begin to raise my honesty with myself and others to another level.

There were times when I also received messages of thanks – from friends and readers who tell me that what I was writing was helping them.  It provoked deep questions, shaked and unsettled them.  It taught them lessons, and invited them to reflect on their experiences, and what they can learn.

Then, there was the message about how my writing was inspiring them, and how they’re taking steps to going after their dreams.

I thought then this must be the reason why autobiographies, biographies, and stories about people’s lives can be so enriching, informative, and captivating.

Especially, when they share how they got through tough times, what they did, and what did it take.  And how they changed as persons because of the experiences.

 

Leave a legacy

Stars are not forever.

Stars run out of light and die too.  And the stars we see here on earth, could very well be dead.  We just see the light that they have given off millions of years ago, which is just reaching us now.

Same with us and our lives.  How we live our lives leave an effect on our world and on other people.

Thanks Bob, for sharing your stories, and about the falling stars.

Burn bright,

Share your light.

 

Is there somebody who has inspired you lately?  Please leave a comment below!