Sun for me is so powerful; when I wake up in
the morning and see the sunrise, it gives me a warm happy feeling within me; during
the day when I was outside, even inside the house I feel its heat cover me (I
stayed in tropical area) and it brings a sense of its presence; in the night when
I sleep I hope to see sun again. I do not know why I have a desire to see the
sun in the morning, on which it brings up a sense of hope within me. That is
sun.
I learnt that sun is one of millions of stars
in our universe. It is the center of our system called solar-system. However,
why I, a very tiny entity in this planet earth, can sense and perceive such
powerful-unthinkable-start which attracts all to be dependent and to orbit
around it. Amazing!!! Maybe I am a chosen one to have such experience of sun; maybe
I am different to have eyes to recognize the sun; maybe I was born to desire
for sun; or maybe I was a child of the sun, whose gene and chromosome I carry
within me. Maybe!!!
In ancient period of humanity, from Asia,
Australia to America, Europe to Africa, we find some traces of people
worshiping sun; some ancient religions called their god sun; and some ancient
nations called their king the son of sun. Therefore, the Sun depict like their
God. Why? I think and imagine that it is because the sun gives life –
everything comes to be because of the sun -; it gives happiness; it gives
warmth; it gives strength; it gives hope.
Well, human race is the race of sun, according
to me; we are here and now because of sun. Our life depends on sun; our
activities rely on sun; our energy level depends on sun; our planning for the
future depends on sun. I imagine if we were without sun, we would not have time
(seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years). Thus, a living without sun is
death.
I bring you to my final thought that God is our
real sun. Human race is the race of God because God has created us in God’s
image; we have God’s genes and chromosomes within our being human. Therefore,
we have desire for God as St. Augustine once said, “My heart is restless until
it finds rest in God”. God should be our center of life and our dependency of
life because we want to see life, which is full of happiness, warmth, joy,
energy, activity, and hope. That is my hope for all of us. Thank God, you are
my real Sun.
