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Always there even if we can't see it

Writer: Lynn
Lynn
Jun 22
1 min read

Updated: Aug 12

Some mornings, Mount Bromo revealed itself all at once. From its base to its peak, every ridge and contour was visible against the sky.


Other days, only the summit appeared above the clouds. And sometimes there was nothing to see at all as the mountain was swallowed entirely by darkness, mist or fog.


But the volcano was where it had always been. Nothing changed except my view.


  • Distant volcano rising above clouds in the Bromo Tengger Semeru landscape
  • Active Semeru volcano erupting behind Mount Bromo and the Tengger caldera - view from King Kong Hill
  • Mount Bromo releasing volcanic smoke against a purple sunrise sky at King Kong Hill
  • Mount Bromo beneath low clouds during sunset at the caldera - view from Mentigen Hill
  • Mount Bromo and Mount Batok emerging in clear blue skies above a blanket of morning clouds in the national park
  • Orange sunrise over Mount Bromo, Mount Batok and Mount Semeru in East Java

Some of the simplest life lessons from nature arrive unexpectedly.


When we cannot see the path, the solution, an action or the next chapter, it's easy to assume it isn't there or no longer exists.


Life can feel like that sometimes. But like the Bromo caldera, visibility and reality are not the same thing. Hidden does not mean absent.


A simple life lesson from nature. Sometimes the mountain is invisible. Sometimes it is revealed.


Some things remain true whether we can see them or not.


Constant as a mountain, they are always there. Waiting for clearer skies.



Moments on the road

Passing moments, people and scenes that caught my attention and stayed with me in Java, Indonesia - from Mount Bromo to Lumajang.


Hot Bakso noodles at King Kong Hill in Mount Bromo


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