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1998-03-13 - 20:33:52 Sunset sentimentsWatching the slow sea-sinking sun where red meets blue at the horizon and above, the sky grows darker, turning from dusk to dark, evening to night -- a sense of smallness in a huge world, the realization that the glowing sun -- our nearest star -- lies millions of miles away. I think of tiny Earth turning, an awe-inspiring thought in itself, and of that sun on the Pacific horizon which still hangs high above Hawaii and has not yet risen in Asia -- in that moment I am in awe of the world, both ours and God's, that I search to describe that feeling -- if only to myself -- and I wonder if I'll ever experience it again. And I always do, the next time I stand or sit, watching the Earth turn me away from the sun as it melts into the ocean or across the Indiana fields or behind New England's mountains, leaving only its brilliant colors above, a tease to those of us deprived of the show. With scenes and thoughts like these, I could easily pass my day pondering -- for, to paraphrase, it is a great art to ponder.
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