Cuando veo las estrellas, nunca me siento más vivo y aún más sola...

  Last night was one of the most beautiful nights I've seen since moving to Ecuador. It was around 10:30pm and I was laying in my bed watching some Grey's (thanks by the way Chloe!!) and getting ready to nod off to sleep when out of the corner of my eye I see the street light outside my window go out and I find myself in the pitch black except for the light from my computer. Curiosity getting the better of me I close my computer, get up, push aside my mosquito net, and tip toe through my room and out into the open part of the upstairs. I blindly turn the corner to the front of the house in the total darkness and stop in my tracks gasping in surprise...There in front of me was one of the most clearest and brightest skies I have ever seen. There was not a single light for what could have been miles. The only light was coming from the illumination of this massive blanket of stars silently twinkling like moris code...there was no sound as well which only added to the clarity and beauty of the night. I stood there in wistful awe and never felt more solitary and yet felt more comfort in that feeling in my whole life. It felt like someone wrapped a warm blanket around my shoulders. I stood there and tried to think of something brilliant or poetic or cliche to say or think or feel, but I all I could feel was just this warm feeling of comfort; like this is exactly where I'm supposed to be and I didn't want it to end. It certainly puts things into perspective...I'm such a small person in such a big world. One phrase did come to mind while I was standing there in the ebony of the night..."Kushi kawsan" which in kichwa means "live happy"...In that moment I felt like I was really living happy. I'm pretty damn lucky to get to stand out under the stars alone in the middle of the amazon jungle in Ecuador contemplating life...