darkness philosophies

Kaamos.


The darkness seems to have taken over our land again. When people go to work it’s dark and by the time they get out of work it’s dark again – that’s why nearly everybody misses the moments of daylight. City night is naturally not completely dark though. There are the streetlights which bring white and orange-like spots everywhere. I almost wait the night to come, because somehow the streetlights are looking much friendlier than the gray daylight, if the sun hides behind thick clouds. When it’s dark you can also look inside every apartment where the people forgot to put the curtains down. Every house with lights on looks cosy and warm.

I don’t remember when I saw the sun last time. Probably it was one week ago at Helsinki. I could have seen it here too, if I would have been outside on right moment. But I have my schoolwork to finish and it means sitting inside by my laptop. And so I missed The moment to see the sun. Too bad. I miss the sun!

Luckily it was snowing today. The snow brought some lightness here. Now we have at least shades of white which match the gray quite well. And the thought of going snowboarding makes me so happy every time. Snow is really important especially now. It just changes everything. The ability to get excited about little things is very valuable right now.

This dark time of the year is one part of living here and in the end I like this too. It’s important to remind yourself to enjoy the darkness every once and a while. Otherwise you’ll just get depressed and fall asleep.




And to prove it's not just dark all the time even though it feels like it was. We just don't see the sun EVERY day. And, when it comes out it goes pretty fast too. So you have to be fast. Luckily mom was: