This Morning

I woke up this morning to the rising sun radiating a deep, warm gold on the water. I was so moved by the sight that I didn't even think to take a photo. I woke up earlier than my alarm and didn't feel tired. I felt alive. And safe. And I realized that I was witnessing a moment that I take for granted far too often.

Usually I wake up in such a state of disrepair and exhaustion that I barely have the will to look around me. I get ready and leave the house without a second glance. I go through the motions of the day as if I were a wind up doll. 

I mimic the act of living. 

But today...

Today I felt something stir within me. I looked out at the waters and the sunrise and the sky shining such a pure blue and I felt thankful that I lived to see a morning such as this. It was beautiful. I wish to have more mornings like this. 

Wake Up

When I rose this morning, only darkness greeted me. But it silences the mind and so I allowed it. It's only when the sun rose that new worries rose with it. But at that moment, while the thin film of sleep still stuck to my skin, and night surrounded me, my mind was empty and everything was still ok.