Enjoy Every Sunset

One of the smallest lessons I’ve learned this semester is to enjoy every sunset.

The lesson started the first day I arrived in Dubrovnik. I was completely mesmerized by the sunset, so I made it my goal to watch as many as possible during my time in Dubrovnik. We had about 5 different spots around Dubrovnik and we would decide each night where we should go to watch sunset. Most of these spots included sitting on different rocks along the Adriatic.

Everything starts with a sunrise, but it is what you do before it sets that matters. As the days passed by the sun starting setting earlier and earlier. By the end of the semester the sun was setting at 4:15 PM. We tried to enjoy our time in Dubrovnik as much as possible each day before the sun set. Granted we still greatly enjoyed ourselves after sunset.

I found that it is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not appreciate life.

I came to a point where I would anticipate what the sunset would look like every night.

It made me realize that sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it’s a memory. Each sunset sticks in my memory as a reminder that we must appreciate the small things in life.

Sunset is my new favorite color.