Am I Not Among The Early Risers

Am I not among the early risers
and the long-distance walkers?

I kept coming back to those opening lines from that Mary Oliver poem during a dawn race recently. A bit literal, I know, but the previous post, the line from Douglas Adams, got me thinking about that again, and some of the other reasons I've been up at dawn lately.

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What will ambition do for me that the fox, appearing suddenly
at the top of the field,
her eyes sharp and confident as she stared into mine,
has not already done?

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every dawn

There is a moment in every dawn when light floats, there is the possibility of magic. Creation holds its breath.

Douglas Adams
Life, The Universe And Everything

It's important not to bypass the profoundly meaningful messages you encounter throughout your day, even those tucked away in the silliest and most frivolous places.