Travelling Into Daybreak

Having the time to look at the blog a bit today made me realise that the title 'Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult' was a little outdated. It was a reference to when much of my time was spent doing lots of youth work and generally acting like some distant relative of The Boy That Never Grew Up.

But life is seasonal. I don't find myself doing as much youth work now. This season of my life is currently consists of spending lots of hours commuting to my office via train. I thought that in the interests of integrity, this should be reflected in the updated blog title for this current season of my life.

The travelling can prove ardouous, especially as the trains often prove unreliable in my quest to get from Bristol to Basingstoke and back each day.

But even the most mundane parts of life can expose us unwittingly to things which are deeply and prfoundly spiritual.

After walking to the station in the darkness, the train departs whilst the moon and stars are still in their ascendancy. The early part of my journey continues in this unbroken gloom, with my location remaining a mystery until the train reaches the outskirts of the next town where a stop is scheduled. Then, just as I get the bearings of where I am, the train departs and plunges me back into darkness, leaving me speculating once again about my position in the world.

But, without fail, at one unpredictable moment in the journey, the darkness begins to dissolve. The sun appears on the horizon, splintering the pitch black sky and breaking through to dabble the sky with pastel colours of orange and red. Although some areas are still in shadow, there is the assurance that the time of darkness is short, and soon the sun will fully rise.

This moment changes what happens to me on the train. I stir from being slumped next to the window of the train, which is what happens when the darkness reigns and I have nothing to focus my eyes on

And for the rest of the journey, I don't feel lost.

The light of the risen sun reveals to me where I am.

I can focus on where I am going on this new day.