The Fire and the Stars

One day in your life you may be lucky enough to start a camp fire on a secluded beach at night.

It will be you.

The darkness. 

The waves.

The fire.

And the stars.

But something strange happens. As the fire grows stronger, the stars dim. As the fire weakens the stars shine brighter. There is this amazing interchange between the fire and the stars in the darkness.

When the fire burns its all consuming and its light so strong that it blinds us to the stars. We can’t see the heavens as the light close to us burns so strong.

But as as our fire dims the majesty of the heavens is revealed. The glory and the majesty of the night sky, a herculean tapestry of diamonds, scattered across the sky. 

The fire is momentary, the stars eternal.

Better said the fire is the moment and the stars the forever.
This is the dynamic  I need to get right in life.

I have my stars quite clear, my vision, my goals, the long term. But my fire is too weak, the daily things I need to do.
I need to get the fire a little stronger, to burn a little brighter. 

Alas, I am a man that lacks action, but not vision.