There are many different signs about what will happen to a person who sees the northern lights. According to one version, he will live a long time. On the other hand, it will be incredibly lucky. But our hero, who witnessed this phenomenon, has his own version.
My brightest trip was a New Year’s trip to Norway, to the northernmost point in Europe — the North Cape. I then had a difficult year, I wanted to restart, to return to myself. Where to go? Logically, nothing responded from the head, but from the heart it responded: northern lights!
I saw a photo on social networks, and immediately felt: I need it! It was an adventure, a trip by car, that responded. The main difficulty was to cross Lapland, where there are severe frosts, and my car is on a quickly freezing diesel. One did not want to go on such an adventure, suggested to a friend, also a lover of travel. Surprisingly, she agreed, although I warned that some nights would have to be spent in sleeping bags right in the cabin.
Adventure is not long in coming
On the way to St. Petersburg, I ran into a plastic barrier in the dark that stood across the highway. The bumper was damaged, but we decided not to return. Further across Finland we drove calmly, the roads there are excellent, they don’t sprinkle salt, only sand. Never turned on the windshield washer, and after Moscow it was already a miracle!
The second miracle was that in Lapland the ice froze without snow, and on skates we skated for miles on a network of lakes right in the middle of the forests. That’s where exactly the biggest skating rink in Europe! And where the Arctic Circle passes, there is a village of Santa Claus — we stopped by to visit him. The sun was no longer even during the day — the polar night. In winter, there are few open hotels, you had to spend the night in the car.
The third miracle was to see clouds form. The warm Arctic Ocean and -25 ° C air — they appeared directly from the water and flew south. You could look at it endlessly, only cold.
On the pass in the mountains we saw the colored northern lights for the first time
I could not believe my eyes: the whole sky swayed, shimmered, was alive. Most of all, it resembled a curtain on an open window in a strong wind. I looked at it and felt like a child. I have never experienced such delight in all 30 years of my adult life!
For scientists, this is a physical phenomenon, but in me there was one thing: “Only the Lord could create such a thing!” I touched something beautiful and amazing that filled me with some unearthly happiness. I got what I went to the ends of the world for: inside I let go, as if this light of Aurora washed something from the inside.
Goodness and gratitude to the universe spread inside. An understanding came: if I feel the Higher, trust, rely on it, then the difficulties look different. And last year I was very far from it, and the year became very difficult.
And the fifth miracle was … the sun, which was not seen for 10 whole days! It turns out that you can enjoy the usual.