I sit high in the mountains gazing east as the sun rises, and am touched with awe in the pre-dawn light as I witness the shift from night to day. The mountains beneath my feet watch as they have for many hundreds of thousands of years, sitting in apparent timelessness yet paying homage to daily change symbolised by a rising sun. In the surrounding trees, myriad birds sound out their calls, stopping their busy lives if only for a moment to claim their part in this day.
The change from night to day focuses my attention on the shifting sands within my own body. In just two days’ time, tomorrow will be yesterday, so I stand at the brink of this day – with awareness that this is the only ‘today’ that I have. A new dawn, the birth of another day, breathes new promise into my life. I too, standing tall, claim my part in this day. The path that I walk is filled with deepened consciousness as I commence a new cycle, the 36th year of my life on this earth. In testament to the change that I face each day, I pay my respects and stake my claim.
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