Starry Night

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above and the moral law within.”

— Immanuel Kant

A while ago, during a self-love meditation, I was asked to recall a time when I felt happy and at peace.

An old memory surfaced: I was a little child, lying in the grass on a warm summer night, stargazing. The night sky unfolded like a serene, deep blue tapestry, scattered with countless shimmering lights. With my hands tucked beneath my head, I listened to the chorus of crickets, as the evening breeze drifted softly across my skin, carrying the gentle scent of fresh grass that rose up around me. I remember a deep sense of ease, quiet joy, and unshakable safety under that vast night sky.

That memory has never left me. And now, as I journey inward as an adult - through caregiving, uncertainty, and growth - I realize:

The peace I’ve been seeking all along was never just “out there.”

It has always lived within me.

Kant’s quote came to me just a day later after stargazing memory resurfaced, as if it had been waiting. The “starry heavens above” had once brought me childlike wonder. But now, I feel its mirror in the “moral law within” - the steady, quiet knowing that anchors me in the storm.

This journey - of parenting, of creating Starry Bridge, of walking beside families through uncertainty - is not just about finding answers or outcomes.

It’s about remembering who we are.

For those reading this - I want to gently offer this:

Maybe the peace you long for isn’t something to chase or build from scratch. Maybe, like me, you’re simply finding your way back. To the part of you that’s always known how to breathe. How to hope. How to be.

Here, beneath the stars and within yourself, you are already home.