If you missed this AMAZING sunrise this morning, no
worries because I saved it for you as I am well aware that not everyone is an
early bird like me. As is usual, I was brewing
my java around 5:30 and making my early morning noises that I know drive my
hubs crazy one floor above me. From the
fridge to the table and back, to the coffeemaker, I shuffle along the kitchen
floor doing this and that wearing ill-fitting, broken-in slippers that he
claims sounds like Frankenstein stomping from room to room. And if it weren’t for the last-minute, midnight
feast he snacked on just before coming to bed, I would not feel the need to
clank any dishes while loading the dishwasher. But he knows I hate love waking up to a sink
full of dishes, so he graciously accommodates me.
So like business as usual, plopping myself down at the kitchen table, always sitting on my left foot for comfort, I began my morning ritual of clearing my thoughts and reading my morning devotional. Always in the back of my mind I am secretly hoping and praying my cat doesn’t start HER daily ritual of hurling up a hairball along with the food I just gave her on the carpet, but never on the linoleum. With not a hack to be heard, I was deep into 1 Peter's verse about, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” when I looked up and there is was.
I knew I only had minutes, and perhaps even seconds as the morning sky changes ever so quickly at dawn, so I ran like a deer for my camera! There was no time for futzing around with manual camera settings and didn't want to take the chance of making any exposure errors as I am so adept at doing, so I quickly spun the dial to fully automatic setting and shot away. What I saw on the LCD screen of my camera looked great, but I’ve been sadly disappointed numerous times after downloading it onto my computer and it looked nothing like what I saw with my eye. But today was magic! What showed up on my computer screen literally took my breath away as only God could paint a sunrise this spectacular!
My first thought as I viewed this photo was how fortunate we all are to have sight to be able to even see something this beautiful and then the realization that we were given yet another spanking new day with so many possibilities before us. Yes, it’s so easy to fall into that trap of negativity. The world today is down in the basement cra-cra, people are majorly imperfect, and life can be challenging as often times we have very little control over many situations.
Sadly, so many people wake up the same way they ended their yesterday-- disappointed, angry, and ungrateful wasting yet another day dredging up the same re-runs of yesterday's bad news and hurts.
It's time to move on because, in case you didn't get the memo, yesterday is over!
So today, I share this beautiful sunrise with you. A new day without spot nor wrinkle as a reminder that when you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad -- it is pretty much up to you. So, when the sun shines through your window tomorrow or the next day, do yourself a favor and choose to make it a happy day!
ALWAYS CHOOSE HAPPY!
So like business as usual, plopping myself down at the kitchen table, always sitting on my left foot for comfort, I began my morning ritual of clearing my thoughts and reading my morning devotional. Always in the back of my mind I am secretly hoping and praying my cat doesn’t start HER daily ritual of hurling up a hairball along with the food I just gave her on the carpet, but never on the linoleum. With not a hack to be heard, I was deep into 1 Peter's verse about, “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins” when I looked up and there is was.
I knew I only had minutes, and perhaps even seconds as the morning sky changes ever so quickly at dawn, so I ran like a deer for my camera! There was no time for futzing around with manual camera settings and didn't want to take the chance of making any exposure errors as I am so adept at doing, so I quickly spun the dial to fully automatic setting and shot away. What I saw on the LCD screen of my camera looked great, but I’ve been sadly disappointed numerous times after downloading it onto my computer and it looked nothing like what I saw with my eye. But today was magic! What showed up on my computer screen literally took my breath away as only God could paint a sunrise this spectacular!
My first thought as I viewed this photo was how fortunate we all are to have sight to be able to even see something this beautiful and then the realization that we were given yet another spanking new day with so many possibilities before us. Yes, it’s so easy to fall into that trap of negativity. The world today is down in the basement cra-cra, people are majorly imperfect, and life can be challenging as often times we have very little control over many situations.
Sadly, so many people wake up the same way they ended their yesterday-- disappointed, angry, and ungrateful wasting yet another day dredging up the same re-runs of yesterday's bad news and hurts.
It's time to move on because, in case you didn't get the memo, yesterday is over!
So today, I share this beautiful sunrise with you. A new day without spot nor wrinkle as a reminder that when you wake up each morning, you can choose to be happy or choose to be sad -- it is pretty much up to you. So, when the sun shines through your window tomorrow or the next day, do yourself a favor and choose to make it a happy day!
ALWAYS CHOOSE HAPPY!
❤️ 🌅❤️
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