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June 8, 2008

Smiling Harbor Sunday

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 6:58 am

Smiling Sunday

Sundays start so slowly. They take a while to get up and rolling. Sundays would be a perfect day for a walk in the early morning.

I’ve wasted too many beautiful Sundays doing things meant to make an easier Monday. Sunday should be a day that’s kept for doing special things.

Smiling harbor out my window

I’m starting a small Sunday tradition of drinking my coffee while looking out the window. It doesn’t sound like such a miracle until I mention a sunrise is in the view.

A Sunday sunrise miracle and a cup of coffee combine to make a great way to start me my mind thinking of new ways to see the world.

This Sunday morning, the harbor seems to be smiling back at me.

I hope you find a way to do the same thing.

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11 Comments to “Smiling Harbor Sunday”

  1. June 8th, 2008 at 7:17 am
    Todd Jordan said

    Happy Sunday! I think Sunday mornings should also be ones of slow time and reflection. Too many folks I know spend Sunday preparing for Monday. To heck with that I say. Do it M-F if you can. Consider doing less. :)

  2. June 8th, 2008 at 7:28 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Happy Smiling Sunday!
    I’m with you on keeping Monday work to Monday. I find that if I do Monday work on Sunday, I don’t get more done on Monday.

  3. June 8th, 2008 at 8:32 am
    Nick said

    Sounds good in principal. But I often find that the mornings are taken up with feeling horrible from Friday and Saturdays excesses.

    Afternoon is for catching up with my newspaper readings and the evenings either for getting done what I need for Monday or watching some rubbish DVD’s.

    The only way I am going to see a sunrise on Sunday morning is by staying up!

  4. June 8th, 2008 at 9:37 am
    Alex Cristache said

    Liz, if that photo is your morning view, you’re living in a small paradise! Extremely beautiful. I too enjoy having a morning coffee looking out the window. It’s no miracle, it’s just so relaxing.

  5. June 8th, 2008 at 9:50 am
    TheFemGeek said

    Maybe I’ll start doing the same thing. Take a photo of what it looks like out of my window for a year and see if anything changes. Love the photo.

  6. June 8th, 2008 at 10:50 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hey Nick!
    I had no that you should do what I do exactly, only that you might find something that suits you as well as this suits me. :)

  7. June 8th, 2008 at 10:51 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hi Alex,
    It’s hard to show how nice it is to see the water out there. I haven’t got the camera for it.

    But my soul take pictures. :)

  8. June 8th, 2008 at 10:52 am
    ME Liz Strauss said

    Hey FemGeek!
    I was looking for something to inspire me. I didn’t have to look far did I? That’s usually the case . . . when I want to be inspired, inspiration is all around me.

    I wonder what your pictures will show. :)

  9. June 8th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
    Brooke said

    I think a Sunday ritual is a good one. I find that during my Sunday’s (with 2 young kids) I try to catch a few little moments all day long - or else I go crazy!

    Those moments are small - but precious.

  10. June 8th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
    ME Liz Strauss said

    I hear you, Brooke!
    Rituals bring us together and build memories. :)

  11. September 1st, 2008 at 2:58 am
    Today is Unique - Never to be Seen Again! - Jamie Harrop - Young Entrepreneur said

    [...] We go to sleep at 11pm because that’s when the good TV programs finish. We wake up at 7:30am because we need 90 minutes to get ready for work. Most of us never contemplate going to sleep earlier, and waking earlier, to see this special part of our day. Liz does. Every morning. [...]

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