In the quiet coolness of the early morning, it’s best not to
rush around or lay asleep
In this brief interlude we can try to restore a certain
measure of calm and levelheaded thinking
There’s lots of time when the sun is high to do more than a
full day of work
But the early morning light is a precious thing of which
there never is quite enough
As the end of night begins turning gray you can often even
see right back into the past
A bit of fading sleep intoxication only adds to the wonder
Maybe a full moon still casts its own shadows, even after a
pale December sunrise
In june the sky takes a while to fully waken because dawn
comes so very early
You’ve got to stand outside first, just to be sure that all
the stars are still in place
You must watch the colors slowly return with the advancing
pre-dawn light
It is a waste of life’s best hour to hurry about blindly,
just to get to work
This time is yours for contemplation, creation or some kind
of meditation
The quiet hidden spring can be located before the noise of
our folly fully resumes
The center of that large circle can be found and marked once
again
The day of the week surely does not matter for this time
always belongs only to you
There’s not yet need to shout to be heard or to concentrate
hard just to form simple thoughts
In the early morning clarity, the foolishness of all their
bullshit becomes quite apparent
muddied thoughts have cleared overnight to briefly reveal
what’s important, once again
And there is no mistaking when it is over for another day
It’s not like our foolish jobs which never seem to end
Maybe you will hear the calling of the gulls, doves,
roosters or the waking songbirds
Sometimes there are only answers and you must match up the
proper questions
You cannot hurry it or slow it or save it but you can simply
be there to enjoy it
There are daily lessons and inspirations in the quiet change
from dark to light
There is no way to see it changing, but when you glance
away, it becomes subtly different
Look inside and the gathering day gathers you up as well
In the quiet of the early morning you can remain very still
but nonetheless grow quite alert
Shattering
this peaceful calm is not a task that should be so commonplace for us, as human
beings
