Morning; Sunny or Cloudy?
Which side of the bed do you want to wake up on?
Wakened from the dreamworld to the rising of the sun (even if it’s behind clouds) opportunity calls like a bugle at revely. What will this day bring, for every day is new?
How we greet it is up to us. Do we view it with dread that more will be asked of us than we feel capable of managing; with a sigh of boredom that this day will be like hundreds of others, a repetition of mundane activity; tired, heavy, physically unwell do we pull the covers back over our heads and wish the sun did not rise; or with hope and anticipation of adventure and exploration.
Attitude is everything.
However, how much control do we actually have over the outlook we wake up with? The old saying, “He got up on the wrong side of the bed” has merit. Today I woke up on the right side and greeted the day with optimism and joy, but that is not the case everyday. So what determines which side of the bed I get up on?
Health, rest, chemical balance, hormones, dreams, fears, worries, negative or positive patterns of thought . . . including unseen influences outside our awareness; astrology, elemental shifts in the earth, cycles of the moon, the weather . . . !!! So many things influence which side of the bed we get up on that it seems virtually impossible to name the reason or reasons for a sunny attitude versus a dark one.
It appears we have little choice, yet though we are at the effect of so many different things, we also determine many of them ourselves, and it is to that list we must look for help to find the way to choosing our attitude.
The List:
1. Good diet, exercise, and rest. Knowing our individual chemical and hormonal balance, and monitoring changes over time. Avoiding habits that harm physical well-being.
2. Getting to know and take care of emotional needs. Saying “no” to overextending.
3. Maintaining mental fitness through stimulation; learning new things, dialogue to exchange ideas and some form of mindful practice like meditation to learn how to control thoughts.
What we control is what we take in and what we keep out of our body/mind.
As for the rest . . . learn to accept. Tomorrow; acceptance, what is it?
March 9th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
anticipation is so important for a good start on my day…for many of us, just flat out being happy to be alive is not enough…we need stimulation, possibility, fantasy even…the real chance for something exciting or passionate in the new day gets me up and running…saw a cover band the other day at a party…five guys, professional men now in their early 60’s, playing music on the weekends for the fun of it and some petty cash…the music was good, full of energy…but the band members individually had lost the joy of living…there was nothing in their future to drive them and entice them to live, so they relived their pasts though playing the oldies…a curtain obscured their eyes…no joy, little hope…they had grown old and had stopped expecting to be surprised…they had all the answers…they had seen it all…for these men and others, each day they got out of bed was like any other…
March 9th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
I believe that’s the result of not taking care of The LIST– see post. Light in the eyes is well-being, from there we are able to see things “newly”.I don’t think we necessarily need to havea known goal we’re looking forward to, but that we’re truly awake and in that condition whatever happens can be expereinced as fresh and full of life, which it is.
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