In the Wee Hours of Morning

Photo Credit: (c) 2017 L.M.R. Neas

For many creative souls, the wee hours of morning are when inspiration comes flowing into being. For others, it is their time alone, without the noise of humanity or the calls to duty when they can pray or meditate. While for others, it is the beginning of their work day...a day of service to others in one form or another. Finally, the wee hours are also the end of a long night of work for some people when the comfort of bed calls them to rest.

However, the wee hours of morning come to you, they are a gift...a gift not usually appreciate by youth. Morning, for many who wake early, is a time of creativity, inspiration, meditation and new beginnings.

Olympic gold medal cyclist, Kristen Armstrong said about morning, "I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over." How often do we remember this? How often do we begin the new day, or end it for that matter, remembering that we are given 24 hours to create something totally new with our lives?

I remember that in the 70's the proverb, "Today is the first day of the rest of your life," hung in dorm rooms, classrooms and the homes of many of my friends. As a young person, I didn't fully appreciate this quote. But, now...Well, as Elisabeth Kübler-Ross wrote, "It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth - and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up - that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." 

None of us knows what the future holds. However, we can influence what the future will be like by living mindfully in the Now. This moment, this very second, as the sun rises over the edge of the horizon, we can make the decision to live each moment to the fullest in love and peace, or not. We decide.

Blessings to all!