A Morning of Change
Was there ever a time in your life that you felt “stuck”? Have you ever felt like your days were a version of Ground Hog Day? You wake up…..same routines, same stressors, same 24 hours on a rinse and repeat cycle? I did too! I was also juggling a teen daughter with depression and anxiety, coupled with her being on homebound instruction due to the severity of her depression. I would literally open my eyes in the morning and cry……….just another day of feeling down and it felt like I was swimming against the current ALL day and in ALL ways.
I don’t remember what guided my thoughts to changing my morning routine but I just remember the feeling of making it a point to START my mornings in a new way.
I thought to myself….”Don’t wake up at the last minute and start your day running! Why not grab an hour to yourself before everyone wakes up? It doesn’t have to be like this!”
So one morning, I tip toed down stairs while it was still dark (5am), I gathered some personal development books, a journal, my coffee and I went outside into the dimly lit backyard. From the second I took my first sip in the quiet of the morning, I was SOLD! In that special moment….. my backyard looked different, felt different, sounded different. It was peaceful, serene, quiet and calming. I realized in that peaceful moment……I heard the birds! I couldn’t t remember the last time I noticed the birds chirping or seeing them fly from tree to tree. It was as if I was seeing my own backyard as a totally different place for the first time
This new feeling of calmness and quiet helped evaporate my normal feelings of stress and sadness that would typically envelope me in the morning. It was in that day I had my AH-HA moment. I had just invited CHANGE into my life.
That decision to carve time for myself in the morning started my journey of hope, spirituality and a new LOVE for life. I realized that morning, if I wanted to feel different when my eyes opened…..I had to make a CHANGE….and that beautiful, quiet morning put me on a path to the most amazing things that would enter my life.