The Hard Choice

A man stood on a peak at sunrise.  He saw the world turn pink before him and then the pure radiance of the sun warm his cold.

The man stood there all day long.

The man stood on the peak at sunset.  He saw the world turn yellow and gold, then slowly fade into a turquoise at the horizon.

When it was dark, an angel came down to him.  “Choose,” the angel said.   He gestured east with his left hand and west with his right.

“It is too hard,” the man said.  He climbed back down the mountain and went home.