EARLY TO RISE

IF YOU ARE AN EARLY RISER, like me, you are keeping company with other well-known morning persons like Ben Franklin and Henry David Thoreau.  “Cultivate the habit of early rising,” suggested Thoreau.  “It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.”  This is especially true for people with an ostomy, since we have a natural need to allow gravity to work its magic on our CFD (constant frontal discharge).  But early mornings are special all by themselves, the quiet solitude before the eruption of a busy day, the opportunity to gather one’s thoughts over a warm beverage while everyone else remains asleep in bed.  Or, for me, the dark silence of walking through the neighborhood unseen to let my muscles unwind just a little, and my mind unwind some as well.  I have the pleasure of seeing here and there a scurrying possum, a raccoon, even a fox once or twice a year.  Yesterday morning, it was an owl half the size of a Mini Cooper, or so it seemed, perched on a fence, whose head swiveled imperceptibly as he watched me walk past.  I wondered what he was thinking.  [Poor wingless humans gotta walk everywhere.]  [If God wanted us to walk, he wouldn’t have given us wings.]  [I used to think they were smart creatures.]

Overnight/early mornings. 👍 I get to see all that stuff plus some really odd stuff when most are enjoying themselves sleeping instead of watching the world come alive.

Yeh, early morning is the best time of day.  I just got back from my morning walk and the birds sang to me the entire way.  Now I can sip my coffee and watch the sun come up.  

Like you, I enjoy the solitude of my early morning walks. I actually am annoyed when I run into somebody else out walking too!

Hummmmmmmmmm

The owl has it .... wide vision, precise presence, ready to have his breakfast?

BW

J

My Ostomy Journey: Ryan | Hollister

Lol!

Terry

Henry, your description of your early morning walks makes it all sound very appealing and quite tempting. As a lifelong night owl, just not quite tempting enough. Maybe in my next life, I'll come back as an early riser.

Terry