The First
Time the Sun Went Down on Me
We all
have a time when you feel the sun went down on you. It is an emotional moment
where your inner spirit has been diminished to a point of surrender. The moment
you feel the sun going down on you is the critical time for you to gather your
strengths and face the world with every ounce of energy, faith and confidence you
have inside of you. In no shape or form must you allow the sun go down on you.
Life has its ups and down. Life is never black or white and although
there are times when you feel you heart, your soul become cold or frozen, there
is always a chance you can pull yourself out of this abysmal feeling by looking
up and finding the light again. Never quit and never surrender yourself to the
forces of others. Keep your eyes wide open and make your heart see the purpose
you serve on this earth.
There are choices to be made in such times of darkness. Surrendering
is giving up the fall you are taking to never see the light again. The oxymoron
of such instants is the fact you are actually blinded by the light to make good
decisions. Quitting life means disappearing from the reality for who you are
and where you belong in such a vast universe.
My sun went down on me when I was a very young man facing
the uncertainties of a war. A very unpopular war and a war far away. I felt
like I was trapped in a vacuum for there were no choices to this dilemma created
by our government and its lust for war. In all reality, I felt the sun was
going down on me and I was falling into the darkness never seeing the light
again.
The light is what kept me alive and losing the light would
mean me dying. It would have caused me to disappear from the world I have known
for the last two decades and without it, there was no reason to go on and
struggle this uphill battle or fight to see the light.
Don’t fight with the Devil and don’t stay focused on the bad
things in life. Focus on the goodness of God and he will sort it out for you
before the end is near. It created a real life crisis and the situation called
for faith and not hate. It called for you making up your mind what your
priorities were in your life and fighting for them. If you take the time to
sort it out, you will make your life much more peaceful than before.
Don’t let the sun go down on me means not becoming angry and
frustrated with yourself or others. It means to settle those things that bother
you the most and then resolve them. It is not always clear what is right or
wrong but letting the sun go down is not the answer.
Knowing I was going to travel to a faraway place caused me
to have a major depression.
However, I had to learn that when you are traveling
to that particular place, you can say your are going down but that you will
never quit life and do everything you can to stay alive to go back home when
your time is done.
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