Sunrise

Featured image: Sunrise in the Morning at the Lake

For some reason, I woke up earlier than usual this morning and looked across the lake and saw the lovely, wonderful orange, pink, and yellow sunrise glowing just everywhere. I mean everywhere, just everywhere.

I couldn’t stand it. I just had to get up, make coffee, and go to the other side of the house and watch the sun rise through the trees in the woods.

What is it about starting the day with a cup of coffee and watching the sun rise? It just fills your heart and soul until it is about to burst. And you try to put some of these wonderful sensations in your treasure box to save them for a rainy day, and there just isn’t enough room. Gosh.

Memories. Happy memories. Written down, I rarely get beyond them—little fragments from here and there. One that always comes to mind is the last day of a canoeing trip. We got up quickly and cleaned up the tent, rolled up our sleeping bags, made coffee, and, with mugs in hand, walked up the hill. We were just in time to sit down, catch our breath, and watch a most beautiful sunrise.

It made all the rush, rush worth it. We just sat quietly for the longest time. It was hard to get ourselves moving again. Glorious, it was just glorious.

It is moments like that sunrise and this sunrise that we treasure in our hearts and let rise when they need to, allowing them to carry us through the day.

I am so grateful I woke up early, saw that beautiful red, yellow, pink, and orange glow across the lake, and got up.


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