Last night, I saw a thing of beauty.

It wasn't a person. It wasn't an object. Not a certain place, nor a certain sight.

I sat down on the grass and watched the ocean in front of me. I sat alone. I heard the rustling of waves. I watched them move. I stared at the bridge and saw the cars pass on it. I felt so peaceful in the place where I was.

I put my head back and lay fully on the grass. I looked up at the stars and saw their glimmer. Watched them and thought of myself as one. I became fully immersed in the night sky and felt as if I was a part of it.

Seeing those stars, seeing those waves and the bridge, was amazing. It made me think of how much time has passed in our lives and in my life. So much of my time spent on this earth has been wasted time. I have lived a life filled with gluttony, greed, and selfishness. I have worked endlessly trying to obtain the perfect life. I have been associated with people both good and bad.

Yet while these thoughts press again the deepest portions of my brain, while my whole life has been changing, one thing hasn't.

The waves. The stars. Life around us has been growing without us. The simplest things taking part around us have grown rapidly. As these things have grown we have just passed them by. The countless moments we just went about our daily routine without ever stopping to wonder what we are passing by.

People tell you to live your life. They tell you to never stop moving, because if you do you'll miss out on something. What if the constant moving has made us miss out on the beauty of everything around us? What if everyone were to take a moment and just look up at the things around them? Look at the buildings surrounding your city, study the nature around you, and take just a small moment to look up at the sky? Maybe if we stopped to look around us, maybe people can see what I saw.

I stopped moving and sat down. When I did I saw a thing of beauty. I saw the world around me. I truly saw a thing of beauty.