Lesson 5: The night's the longest towards its end

Sitting outside in the chilling cold of a december night, sipping on coffee that is cold before the liquid touches your lips is an experience hard to forget. As the cold stairs chill your spine, you look at the endless fog cover and wonder, when would the sun descend on us and when would the night be over. You look at the watch and realise its only three...yet strange...while the night was still young, it was still fun.

I am not only talking about the night shift that tends to be the longest when only half hour is remainng, but the long undying gloom that surrounds us. You tend to wait for daybreak, some glimmer of hope yet the darkness tends to strengthen its grip around you and then it begins to tire you. While fatigue grips your heart and the cold makes you numb you wish that the misery would end and that you would simpy be done with. You plan to make an exit from the stage of life, believing that the end is near and that the night has no dawn...

But how wrong we are. For the darkness seem to act as a cushion, understanding your misery and offering a caress to your senses. That infinite darkness of a long night stretched across your eyes, broken only by slight flickering of stars is not the sign of an end, but of a new dawn, waiting to open its arms and welcome you into a world of opportunity.

Many give up before the dawn princess opens her wings wide...and those who hold on witness the miracle of the first rays of sun piercing the dark folds of gloom as the dawn princess glides into your life...

Hold on...the end is near...for a new beginning