Friday, February 26, 2016

Morning

Will there really be a morning? Is there such a thing as day? Could I see it from the mountains if I were as tall as they? Morning, morning, where does morning lie?
Emily Dickenson

  I did not begin as a morning person. Two things changed my physical and mental reactions to morning. My husband accepted a job which started at 6:00am and he got up at 4:30am. And, ten years ago I was asked to teach a zero hour high school religion class. Teaching every school day was rough. It meant preparing a new lesson every night. My piano teaching business was in full swing so I also taught 30 students during the afternoons. Preparation at night became too hard, so I would get up with my husband at 4:30 and start the morning fresh. I love the mornings now. Everything is quiet and serene. 
  The religion class is over but my body is wired for early rising. Lately I have been attempting meditation. My phone tells me that in the last 2 weeks I have meditated two hours and fourteen minutes. Wow! Two hours of doing absolutely nothing.  I must say I am feeling calmer and less tense. 




Morning really is my favorite time and I look forward to lighter days with the highpoint of sunrise before 6:00am. I can smell summer all ready.



    Has it feet like waterlilies? Has it feathers like a bird? Is it brought from other countries of which I've never heard? 

   Oh, some scholar, oh some sailor or some wise man from the sky, please to tell a little pilgrim where the place called morning lies?


Morning, morning, where does morning lie?
Emily Dickenson

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  I write on Fridays with a large group who inspire me. Only five minutes and without much thought to perfection. I write, prompted by one word that sends my thoughts to the keyboard and hopefully make sense.

9 comments:

  1. Like you I was never a morning person, funny how things change. I love the mornings now. Loved reading this, got here from FMF.

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  2. I forgot to include "quiet and serene" in my post! That's one of my favorite things about morning. I might have to stick it in there. Yah, I know we're not supposed to edit - but that is really important! Thanks!!!

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    1. Ha! Ha! You should feel free to edit. Oops, did I say that?

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  3. Wonderful, Gabriele! One of our counselors leads a mediation class that I should pop in on sometime but keep finding excuses. I wasn't ever a morning person either but due to a change in our work, my husband is up before 5 too. I often wake up when he stirs but lately I've done pretty good at nodding off again :) I do like the time I have with a quiet house after he's left. And I mean that in the best of ways!

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    1. Meditation is already paying some dividends just two weeks into it.

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  4. I'm finding myself an early riser as well. It seems that I can't fall back to sleep anymore, but I am enjoying that time of the day.

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    1. Isn't morning at 5:00 sumptuous? Can't wait for the daylight to greet the time of day.

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  5. I didn't manage to do a FMF post this week (for the first time since August) but I enjoyed yours. I'm glad you're finding meditation helpful. I love the video you posted. I've never heard that poem before, but both the words and music are beautiful.

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