121 years ago

Exactly 121 years before you were born, on 26 August 1883, a volcano in Indonesia called Krakatoa erupted with such great fury and catastrophic proportions, it generated tsunamis nearly 40 metres high and changed the weather patterns on earth. The explosion was heard as far as Australia and atmostpheric pressure shock waves circled the earth seven times. In the immediate vicinity, the dusk and ash blanketed the sky and there was total darkness for 3 days. For 3 years, people around the world saw usually spectacular red sunsets, even green and blue suns were observed. Recorded events in history like these are mostly shrouded in darkness and somehow smell of death. Who bothers to record a day of happiness for one on the beach in warm sunshine and contented peace? The suspicion then is that life is best led in anonymity and quiet consciousness. It is easier to be loud than to be quiet. It is easier to be dramatic than to be subtle. It is easier to be poor in your thoughts than to be rich in life. It will be difficult mostly, but if you make it to be and want to, the world is here for you to record, at your own terms, an exalted life. For you, my baby, hold the sun in your name.