I am a creature of habit....
You mess with my schedule and I just cannot function properly...
I rise just before the sun starts to creep past the horizon....
I love the feeling of running in the pre-dawn hour..... watching the world wake up...
I love seeing the early morning fog as it hangs lazily over the river valley floor...
The sound of the birds stating to wake....
The sound of my breath in my ear's.. the sharp, crisp feeling of that early morning run....
the strength in each muscle as they are waking up.... The feeling of being so alive, and at one with myself...
I love to come home and have that first dark, strong cup of coffee... the rich aroma filling my senses...
The feeling of those first few glorious sips... before I turn to my laptop to start my day...
I Love my little morning mix of music....
Bobby McFerrin and Bob Marley... telling me don't worry about a thing... Just be Happy....
Today as I groggily woke up fighting the alarm, For the 4th time this week, I hazily fought my internal monologue berating myself for sleeping in... for lacking in energy...
For not running YET again....
As I walked the girls.....
I was amazed by a single revelation....
I was up... watching the sun as it slowly crept over the horizon....
The world was waking up....
90 minutes later than my schedule was used to.....
It was in that moment that I gave myself permission....
Permission to sleep in a little later....
Permission to run a little later...
Permission to stay up a little later....
Permission to start my work day later than my "routine" tells me to....
You see, If the government can change my morning routine, without my permission,
the least I could do is set my self free of the guilt I have felt by not being able to maintain my routine...
And give myself permission to let my body and mind adjust to this ridiculous plan called a time change....
Because I know in another month the sun will be getting up earlier... and I'll be back on track....
I also know that in a few months the Sun will leave us with that amazing twilight state until the pre-dawn light..... and I'll be running for hours through the night....
So I'm looking forward.... Forward to those late night runs... the wee small hours of the morning where the world smells like fresh dewy grass....
Yes I'm looking forward... and realizing... that if I take some extra "recovery time" that is ok... for now.... because the day's are getting longer... and soon... very soon.... I'll be sleeping very little....
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