Quiet Mornings

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 I'm usually up before most anyone in the household.  I have my alarm set for 8:00AM, but I'm usually up before it goes off.  I wrote recently that I'll meditate while smoking my pipe while drinking a cup of hot black coffee.   But for me it's taking time to listen to nature as the song birds sing their morning hymns.  I love the peace and calm of these Florida early mornings.  I'm looking forward to getting back to nature at our house in NY.  

I love the peace and calm of the setting of our NY home.  Here in Florida it's more suburbia, yet we seem to be surrounded by song birds throughout the day.  But apart from the various noises made by humans, I can still listen to the quiet.  This is when I enjoy meditating with a pipe the most.  There is something magical about the morning quiet broken only with hymns of the various song birds.  They all seem so happy.  And their morning happiness is infectious.

There isn't a din of human created noises.  So, the song birds can be heard.  I am most thankful for the early mornings.  It seems this is when I connect with my Spirit Guides the most.  And I don't think of birds singing songs, but hymns to the Creator.  Okay, that's as religious as I'm going to get this morning. 

After a period of time, I'll begin to read the morning news on my phone.  I am constantly following the news pretty much throughout the day, but come late afternoon, I begun to shut my mind down from thinking.  My wife always has things for me to do during the day, but come early evening I want to end my day with a period of relaxation with my pipe.  My day typically ends by five.  This is best for my heart if I simply stay relaxed until bedtime which is about 11:30 or so.

But I am usually fully relaxed by aboitb 9:00 in the evening.  But my quiet mornings set the tone for the day.  It's where it all begins.  And the beginning is the birds with their morning hymns. Singing their praises to the heavens and to me.  I can't say they know I'm out here, but I take it personally as if they are welcoming me to their morning worship.   I know that sounds egotistical to think the birds sing just for me, but then I can think anything I wish.

The birds are less noticeable as the day progresses, but I hear them.  As humanity wakes there are more human noises.  But that quiet in the morning except for the song birds is the best.  Well, maybe smoking my Gettysburg pipe this morning with Captain Black Cherry tobacco with a cup of hot black coffee while listening to the birds is the best it can get.  In my thinking it just makes for a perfect morning.  I thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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