Total Eclipse Opportunity Arises 

What  memories do you recall of a solar eclipse? 

“The sun has no audience unless it starts to disappear.” (Seneca The Younger)

Have you ever experienced a “calling” in your life that arises suddenly as a “must to do now?” Let me say I felt exactly this way as Ruth and I took a long sidetrack of 160 miles south today on our road trip from Oklahoma City to a Denton, Texas Senior Center to watch Monday’s solar eclipse in its entirety. 

Under the circumstances presented above, it does seem strange on the days leading up to the eclipse, that I did not really want to be there or anywhere else really to watch it. For I felt end of trip weary for return to our South Florida home. But when I woke up Monday, I felt positively energized by the thought of just being where I could watch the eclipse unfold on our road trip when it happened. It seemed additionally important then to share the sheer awe of the experience with other people in a “low key”, social setting  away from the “maddening crowds.

As far as the event itself, at around 1:30 pm, I was sitting at a park bench outside the Senior Center when daylight surrounding me obscured in a brownish dark hue. I next put on my special eclipse glasses for use on several successive occasions whereupon I noticed the sun slowly fade away into a tiny orb of darkness. Amid the dimmed light, I felt very peaceful  and content in such a rare moment in my life. Perhaps there’s a broader spiritual message that this eclipse event might be sending me to further pursue. 

How about you? Did you get a chance to see the eclipse and if so, how did it make you feel?