LONGING FOR THE NORTHERN LIGHTS....

The night sky is most of the times dark. You see all these tiny stars blinking all over the sky. The moon only chooses to appear for a day or two. Time by time, a shooting start passes by. It’ll just appear and vanish as a blink of an eye; you don’t even have time to make a wish upon it. When I look at the night sky, sometimes I can’t help wondering that our lives are as same as the night sky. You see stars… moon at times… and time by time, a lil surprise like a shooting star. But won’t this ever change???

Have you heard of Northern Lights?? (Aurora in particular).. It’s a natural display of colored lights happening in the night sky… Wow!!! Sounds dreamy, isn’t it?? It is!! It’s called the Dance of the Spirits in North, and happens in the Northern Hemisphere, to be particular. The name ‘Aurora’, was given after the Roman goddess of dawn, Aurora. Perfect name to choose, isn’t it? Now, let me tell you one famous legend bound with these wonderful Northern Lights.

“The ends of the land and sea are bounded by an immense abyss, over which a narrow and dangerous pathway leads to the heavenly regions. The sky is a great dome of hard material arched over the Earth. There is a hole in it through which the spirits pass to the true heavens. Only the spirits of those who have died a voluntary or violent death, and the Raven, have been over this pathway. The spirits who live there light torches to guide the feet of new arrivals. This is the light of the aurora. They can be seen there feasting and playing football with a walrus skull. The whistling crackling noise which sometimes accompanies the aurora is the voices of these spirits trying to communicate with the people of the Earth. They should always be answered in a whispering voice. Youths dance to the aurora. The heavenly spirits are called selamiut, "sky-dwellers," those who live in the sky.”

The sky is dark and empty. Suddenly, the dark sky is filled with the colours of the dancing light… Spirits are dancing in the night sky…It takes your breath away… It’s the most wonderful sight you’ve ever seen. Just like that… we all wait for the wonderful Northern Light to appear in our own dark sky. We long for that miracle to appear and lighten up our sky… chasing the shadows of the darkness away.. and brightening up our lives…When the light appears in our sky.. the brightness it will bring is far more than the stars… the moon.. or the shooting stars.. We long.. and wait for that moment to happen in our lives… whatever way. Living your life… hoping for the best to come your way someday… That’s what Northern Lights in your sky are all about.