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Blue sky or storm?

“We all live under the same sky, but we don’t have the same horizon.”

– Konrad Alexander

As I was reading this quote, I remembered the skies over my boarding school, when I was 14-to-17 year-old, in France. Living in a formal catholic boys school, in the remote Rhone valley countryside, was a unique experience. And not all the interns were living the experience the same way. We were living together all the time, so we were literally under the same sky. And some would bloom under bright rays of lights, be they the words of God, or the company of good friends. Others would slowly dry out and shrink, to protect themselves from the insulation and the lack of activities except reading, running and studying.

These words from Alexander can be a great metaphor to use practically on a regular basis. As we tend to get used to a question, our response often becomes automatic Questioning and step back disappear. That’s where metaphors come handy, helping us see things under a different light, and focus, be present to the question again.

So what horizon do you want for your life: blue skies? gray skies? storms? hurricane? Do you envision sunrise, midday or sunset? How do you find this horizon? What kind of weather is above your head right now? And how do you cope with the weather where you are?

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