The Power Of Sunshine

After a month of uni for Christmas holidays, I am now back and trying to maintain some new years resolutions including procrastinate less, exercise more, be tidier and most importantly, focus on living in the present more as opposed to constantly thinking about the future. Some of the resolutions have gone tits up… primarley procrastinate less and be tidier…oops.

Since returning to the city the weather has been surprisingly pleasant, meaning the sun has come out and its stopped raining for once. This is a very nice change because at times after it has been raining for a week straight with a black sky this city can be as depressing as Germany during the interwar period.  Coming from a country that is infamous for never ending rain and grey then moving to a city that believe it or not gets more rain than London you start to appreciate the sun so much more. This is very much the case for what has happened to me and have now become what I like to call a sunshine slut.

A sunshine slut is someone who whenever the sun pops out gets very excited and goes “ SUNSHINE!” leaps out of bed, grabs some clothes that look half decent and bolt of to play in the sunshine for the day. Explaining why new years resolution of procrastinates less has slowly gone down the toilet. An important thing to note about sunshine sluts is they don’t necessarily want 40-degree weather or blistering heat because they burn very easily they just like knowing the sun exists.

Over the past few days basking in the glories of the sunshine I have come to realize the power of sunshine and its affects on people and how important it is. It’s a known fact that exercise is a part of a balanced healthy lifestyle and when the sun comes out the amount of people out side walking around or running triples.  Obviously some exercise, as a more rigorous than other but the point is more people are running around appreciating the sunshine.

As a result of more people coming outside sunshine makes people more colorful, quite literally. Whether this comes from the exposure to the sun, causing a change in skin pigmentation,  or if it comes from people wanting to imitate the sun by wearing more colorful clothing, which brightens up everyone’s days. This is something I have noticed as a dedicated people watcher, when the weather is crap and dark and gloomy their clothes reflect this and when the suns out the reverse happen.

Sunshine also makes everything more beautiful, by enhancing the colors and the features of the natural landscape that allow people to fall in love with a place all over again and brings a smile to their faces. When people smile it makes them more beautiful and when they smile you can see the best of a person shining through. The sunshine also makes people more beautiful, because, when the sunshine hits a persons face it highlights their best features and makes them stand out more.

Quite often when I think of the places that I have seen, and some of the best days of my life, I think a lot of it has to do with the sunshine. Many parts of the developing world are blessed with more than enough sunshine and the people there tend to be happier. Many people I have discussed this with say,  “ It’s because they have nothing so they enjoy anything that they can get.” This is a valid point and it certainly makes sense but the more I see the power of sunshine I have started to think, is it because these people have more sunshine that they are happier? 

To tell you the truth, I think it might be one of the reasons, because life is a chain of events with ups and downs, and even in our darkest days when all faith in humanity is lost, a little bit of sunshine always allows us to crack a smile.