You are given the gifts of the God's, you create you own reality according to your beliefs. Yours is the creative energy that makes you world. There are no limitations to the self, except those you believe in (Jane Roberts)
I have heard that you are either a morning person or an evening person, but I am blessed by the fact that for me that is not true I love to get up very early in the mornings and go to bed late in the evening...... I suppose you can say I truly have the best of both worlds.
I was at a birthday braai, on Saturday evening and I was sharing about how for the first time in living memory on Wednesday morning I had overslept, probably because of all the gyming and the training .............. this was quite a surprise for everyone knowing how disgustingly punctual I am, some of them are convinced that my job is to wake the birds every morning because I am such an earlier riser......... so someone asked what time I had over slept until......... and when I said 5.30 they were rolling on the floor....... they thought is was hysterical most of them don't even normally get up until after 6.00 am.................
It then got me wondering about how they can "waste" their time sleeping, , if they get up so late, I mean what is the point in sleeping your life away.........
I have always been an early riser like my dad........... his father owned a trucking company, and he would get up at 4.00am every day as a child to say goodbye to his dad, and for him it became a habit and he was always up early... as a child I used to like getting up early because then I would have him all to myself, and not have to, for this little while share him with my sisters, and I suppose for me it also became a habit...........
I love sitting outside in the chill of the mornings having my first cup of tea, watching the dawn break there is something so magical about this time in the morning, it is like the world takes its first breath as the sun comes up, thankful for another day........ thankful for the chance to try again...........
I never have to rush to get ready, I never yelled, screamed or shouted at the girls to get ready for school, there was never tears in the morning, they were never, late for school, for a party, for anything, this is my benefit for getting up so early, life is tranquil................
I decided a long time ago, that I did not want to get to heaven one day, and have not used every gift I was given, had not opened every present that He gave me, and helped every person that crossed my path that it was in my power to help...... I don't ever want to have regrets about what I could have done and didn't ............
Life is really just to short for regrets........ I will live every day to the fullest, fit as much as I can into it, do as much as I can, see as much as I can, meet as many people as I can, talk to as many people as I can......... so when it is my time I can say " I am ready"...............
What a wonderful post this is Karen! I so enjoyed my visit to your site. Thankful that you found me so that I could find you!
ReplyDeleteYour writing is awesome and I am looking forward to being a follower.
Hope when I get back to feeling good again that I can get to know you better. Right now with the pain I am limited to just a few minutes a day on here.
Take care
Maggie
Super post! I get up early too because of work and I don't sleep in very late on weekends..I had a good friend who's motto was:"Don't waste the day"..you sure don't waste yours! My hubby and I joke that we get more done by 8am than most people do all day!
ReplyDeleteI noticed that my previous post was signed in on my other account so I wanted to come back and sign in as grandmayellow hair because did not know if you would know me by Maggie..haha
ReplyDeleteWow I noticed on your profile your from Africa. How interesting? Are you from Africa or did you relocate to there.
Thanks
Maggie
Thank you for this beautiful post, and for reminding me of the joys of waking up early. I think I am going to stick to my resolve to begin getting up earlier again.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous piece and I'm right with you early riser, though I do need to learn to stop and enjoy that first cuppa with the sunrise, I seem to start running... I too wonder how so many can waste so many hours. You are not alone, though I'm sure you've felt alone at times as we early riser, doer, punctual types aren't always appreciated.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post and an eye opener for a self confessed sleepoholic. I am mostly a night person. 8 for me is early in the morning. I have tried a lot to get up early but this is how much i have managed so far... But maybe i will give a try again... to get all these beautiful gifts....
ReplyDeleteI too used to get up early with my dad also just to have "alone" time with him - awesome! And yes, i still get up early because time is too precious to waste and also seem to get a lot done before going to work each morning. Thanks for lettime me know there are others out there doing the same!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for stopping by. I can't say if I'm a night person or not but I do know I am not a morning person at all!
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