Morning

Cypress Trees at Town Hall
Keller, TX

The light which puts out our eyes is darkness to us. Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Henry David Thoreau

Morning brings with it the joy of anticipation and a fresh start. Each is bundled differently in unique solitude. Within the stillness of solitude, we hear the serenades of serenity, peaceful refrains we long to hear. In the silence of the morning, I hear the melodies necessary to carry me through the day.


This morning as I go through my ritual of personal reflection, I think about my blessings. So often, I take them for granted: my family, my friends, and my health. Replacing fear and bitterness, with gratitude and hope truly requires being awake. We must be awake to receive the gifts that life brings us. Some come in the forms of arduous lessons and other times they appear as omens such as a stranger of a different shade with an automobile with a flat tire on a hot day.


Light comes in the morning; we choose to let degrees of it in. If we choose, we can pull back the blinds and let more of its radiance shine on us.