in the morning when I rise...

It’s the calm that gets me. The time of day, usually in the wee small hours of the morning (great now I’m singing that song in my head) or the late hours of night, when the world is still and you have time to think. When everything is peaceful and you realize your mind is a storm of thoughts and you think about things you didn’t even know that you were thinking about. Do you know what I mean dear reader?

This morning, while I was dreaming about an omelet…I don’t know why I was dreaming of an omelet…I woke up on my own at 10am. It was wonderful. I loved laying there in my bed, recovering from altitude sickness (as I may have mentioned, my bed in my dorm is 500 feet in the air), while the sun peeked in through the slits in the blinds and warmed my face. Dressing in my rolled jeans and black sweater, I pinned my hair up and sat at the table in the main room and just soaked up the morning.



I'm totally crushing on tea cups without handles lately. Don't you love this set?



I’ve slowly realized that I may have an addiction to tea, if I don’t have a few cups in the morning I end up with a headache. At least my addiction is tea right? Tea is healthy; better tea than drugs. As I ate my multigrain toast, kiwi, and cottage cheese, I sipped on tea and read my Vanity Fair and just enjoyed the chatter of all those around me. I love listening to other’s conversations. I don’t want you to get the wrong idea here kids, it’s not that I eavesdrop or anything like that. I just enjoy the chatter of people; I don’t always necessarily listen to the words. Sometimes it’s nice to just sit and enjoy the life that is going on around you. I’ve become a human anthropologist of sorts and have recently enjoyed people watching more and more.

This day marks a new day. I have been inspired by those around me to enjoy each and every day that I have been given to the full extent. I plan on living each day with a fresh pair of eyes; with the rising of the sun each day, I will awake with a new sense of pride in all the things that I will accomplish that day. It is my conviction to embrace and enjoy each and every day. Join with me, dear reader, in loving this day, enjoying it fully, and do something productive for yourself today.