I was never a morning person… and yet in recent years I have discovered that morning can be a peaceful time that is different from any other.  Mornings are the start of something fresh and new…untarnished by careless words or unintentional mistakes.  It is a chance for a reset…a chance to start over. 

This entire summer felt like a reset for me.  I found that each morning I woke up and was greeted by the sound of the birds outside my window. I would make a cup of coffee and go to my front room to enjoy the beauty outside our big window that overlooks the beach, and I would write. Each new day felt like a promise that I could start again…and maybe I wouldn’t get it exactly right that day, but I would get another chance to try again each morning when I awoke. So I put aside any mistakes or regrets of the day before and looked towards this new day with hope…

Enjoy each day as it comes…take this day and turn it into a chance to start anew.

Morning’s Promise
By Krista

When morning light pours in through open panes
And dewdrops are what’s left of night-time rains
The worries of the night now left behind
Like morning mist sun clears them from my mind.

Birdsong harks the start of a new day
Their cheerful voices chase all cares away.
The sun’s warm light in cloudless skies of blue
A promise of the chance to start anew.

Cool breezes play in leaves upon the tree
A whispered voice of hope that calls to me.
A gentle invitation to embrace
The beauty of this moment and this place

It’s in this moment that I clearly see
That life is full of possibility.
No longer bound by chance I now can start
To let this promise grow within my heart.