pinpricks of light

I looked up and realised that there aren't any stars tonight, because of the clouds, and the rain. The last time I recall seeing stars in the 50-100-stars range was when I was in Uban. There, the street lamps are few and your eyes get used to the dark very fast. Here, there are too many lights, and people take for granted they can't see stars anyway, so they don't bother to look. Ok I know I really shouldn't generalise here, but no one really notices stars, do they?

Anyway what really I wanted to say is, I realised that stars only appear to those who look out for them. The one who casts a cursory glance at the sky will probably end up not seeing any stars, as opposed to the one who can't see anything but still keeps on looking, (or rather, spacing out at the sky) util he/she realises not one, but many pinpricks of light in the sky. Granted that we might not see as many stars how bright the sky is, yet I think they are waiting for people to need them (unlike us who have all the light in the world, except maybe the One who really matters). Stars don't appear to those who have no need of them, contrary to popular belief that nature treats everyone fairly. Equal opportunities for all, or so people attempt to enforce. The less man made light around, the brighter and more numerous the stars, because they know that people on the ground have not much else to guide their way. Unlike us, where every corner we turn, we see light: the orange street lamps, the blinding headlights, the flickering fluorescent lamps at HDB void decks that attract scores of flying insects that scorch themselves gratituitously on them.

I wanted to say that the behaviour of stars is rather like that of God, who seems to only appear if you look hard enough. But I'm wrong, obviously, because we cannnot look for God by ourselves. And sometimes even when we don't look, He's there, waiting to surprise us in the most unexpected ways.