{"id":7560,"date":"2015-04-18T08:32:31","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T12:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/?p=7560"},"modified":"2015-04-18T08:32:31","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T12:32:31","slug":"its-a-beautiful-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2015\/04\/its-a-beautiful-morning.html","title":{"rendered":"It’s A Beautiful Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

The peeking in sun woke me up before my intended arising time. Clearly, the day had other ideas for how I should be spending\u00a0its first few hours. I so wanted to tumble back into slumber, but it wasn’t gonna happen. Rolled over, turned on the radio to listen to Sleepy Hollow on my favorite station called WXPN<\/a> which is\u00a0a Saturday and Sunday morning gentle\u00a0ease into the day program. Breakfast smoothie with dark chocolate almond milk, berries, \u00a0bananas and chia seeds tossed in for good measure jump started the metabolism. My mind is awash with the items on my agenda. Meeting with a young man I am mentoring, workout at the gym, editing a friend’s book and then dinner with a friend I haven’t seen in a year or so. Some writing in between, I’m sure, since I know that The Muse will have some dazzling ideas to present for me to recycle through my brain.<\/p>\n

Although it is\u00a0spring here in the Philadelphia area, the temps will make it seem summer-like. Planning on shorts and sneakers to celebrate the ending of a harsh winter. Cleaning and clearing out the excess, huddled up piles of stuff that accumulated. Bringing a huge bag of clothes from my closet and drawers to donate, since they have been taking up space, just as old emotional garb does. Feeling lighter in all ways. Exercising more, breathing deeply, surrounding myself with people who lighten my heart.<\/p>\n

WXPN is celebrating poetry and has been playing music to honor the wondrous word weavings. Some of my favorite poets, include:<\/p>\n

Mary Oliver<\/p>\n

Rumi<\/p>\n

Hafiz<\/p>\n

Oriah Mountain Dreamer<\/p>\n

Emily Dickinson<\/p>\n

Walt Whitman<\/p>\n

Kahlil Gibran<\/p>\n

Maya Angelou<\/p>\n

John O’Donohue<\/p>\n

Each one of them listened to the whispers of the Divine and offered them back out to a waiting world. They were willing to be conduits, hollow reeds and channels.\u00a0When I experience goose bumps, giggles, tears and smiles, I know their arcing high into the sky arrows reached their mark. Their words nourish my soul. I am inspired to write when I read them and put aside my fears that my musings are not matching up to their examples.<\/p>\n

On this beautiful morning, I wish you your soul’s delight. Drink it in, slurp it up, roll around in it, scatter it to the sky. Rejoice~<\/p>\n