sunsets prepares you for the dark times
- Lily Puddefeoot
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min read

{{{{{{{ I kinda wanted to write a post for 'mental health awareness week', I don't know why because mental health certainly doesn't finish when this week finishes, but yeaaaah... I guess the main reason behind this post is to remember just because you may be consumed by darkness, it doesnt mean itll be like this forever... there WILL be light again. &&&& This post kinda makes me cringe the way its written lol, but thankyou to one of my most supportive friends Melissa, for giving me the idea of this blog post about why sunsets mean so much to me.. anyway ...}}}}}}}
The days I’ve tried to give up on my fight, my mind was covered by clouds, darkness and gloom. I didn’t have hope, I didn’t see hope, I let myself be consumed by the darkness. I never thought I could see the light again. And so many times ive hoped to extinguish my own life, but after these attempts I am so glad that my light still shines on.
There are many reasons why I love sunsets, sunrises, the beautiful sky and anything along those lines.
I realised how much the sky can speak into life. The sky has always brought me a sense of hope. Hope for recovery, hope for happiness, and hope for better times. Life gives us our times in the light, and our time in the darkness. I feel the highs and the lows every single day, but everyday there is a choice. We can start our day with hope, or we can spend our time worrying about the darkness of yesterday or the darkness of the foggy future.
I always have been obsessed with the sky and especially night time with the stars, with it being my Nanny’s birthday today, I’ve been thinking about her a lot, I like to imagine that she is up there among the stars looking down on us, and supporting me through this horrible dark path of mental illness.
There will be days that you feel so broken you don’t know if you will ever see the sunrise again. You will not be okay all the time, that in itself is ok.
On nights where I feel like all hope has gone, I look to the sky. I think of all the others watching the sunset with me and searching for hope. The sunset prepares you for darkness. The sunset gives hope for the dark times.
There is always a way out of darkness. It will get better.
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