Since last week, I have been rather annoyed by the new windows that were installed in my classroom. You see, the reason for my annoyance is that they have yet to put up the shades on these massive windows that make up the entire left wall of the class; thus, I am constantly being blinded as I am starting my evening class by the beautiful sun as it is going to sleep behind our lovely autumn-speckled Mount-Royal. I now usually have to shield my eyes so that I can even see my students' faces and it is rather irksome to have to hold a blue folder next to my face until the sun vanishes. But, of course I am complaining to complain because the view of Mont Royal is beautiful from my class - if only the sun did not shine so brightly at the exact moment when I am first addressing my students!
However, last evening, once the class had begun and we were reading an article, I was distracted by the elements outside once again, but in the most pleasant of manners. I was actually in the middle of saying something to my students when I chanced to glance towards my left and saw the most gorgeous pinks and purples splattered across the sky where the sun had initially been saying goodnight. There was a gradation of the slightest blush pink to hot pink and then, as the sky had gotten closer to caress the tree-spiked mountain, the colours had changed to a darker mauve and then to a deep purple. The colours of the mountain's majestic robe were still slightly visible and so the greens, oranges, yellows and reds were in fuzzy contrast to the flamboyant colours in the evening sky.
I actually stopped my class and asked all of my students to look out the windows for an instant; they all complied and we shared a few minutes of simply looking at the sky and commenting on the beautiful show that the earth was putting on for our benefit. As we contemplated the heavens, I thought again about how the world offers us so much beauty every single day if only we take the time to appreciate and enjoy it.
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