I believe that there is a certain point where you just can't push something to happen. For instance, mornings. In the morning, if you push yourself too hard to wake up and don't allow for some groggy time then you could end up in a bad mood. That's how I am anyway.
I actually really enjoy mornings. It sounds really weird but I do. Especially getting up and walking around outside right before the sun comes up. There are many miserable things about a 15 hour drive to Chicago (especially the part where I have to drive through Nebraska, I really don't like it) but waking up really early and hitting the road in time to see the twilight point right before the sun rises is a truly beautiful thing to me (and also the only thing that makes driving through Nebraska bearable--it's actually beautiful). This picture is not Nebraska (obviously), it's Utah in the morning.
The air seems different than during the day or even at night. I'm not sure the point where it would change but it feels clean and crisp, even in the summer--refreshing.
There aren't many people out either which can be kind of settling before a rush of people. One time I was driving back from downtown Chicago to my boyfriend's house in a southern suburb after going out with some friends that I had worked with one summer. It was kind of surreal to be one of three cars on the road. To see the clouds and water from the lake change colors.
It is that feeling of being alone but knowing that any minute the scene will be bursting with people...well, not any minute but soon. 
I recommend Priscilla Ahn's "A Good Day," this song really emmulates the feeling of "morning" for me. http://www.priscillaahn.com/main.htm
What do you think of morning, the song, or sunrises? Cheesy, I know but when the mood strikes, write about morning huh?
I totally agree about getting out to start a long drive early, just to see the sunrise. More often than not I would rather sleep longer, but I have never regretted taking the opportunity to see that signal of a new day.
ReplyDeleteIt can just take your breath away, can't it!
I'm not able to listen to the song on the computer I'm at, but I'm curious!
I hate mornings. Mostly because as soon as i wake up my head starts going about all the things i have to do that day. Weekends are nice though. I get to just lay in bed for a few minutes and completly relax.
ReplyDeletei love mornings. one of my favorite things to do is get up while it's still dark out and go turn on the light in the kitchen and read. it's not so much for the reading though.
ReplyDeleteit's because sitting in the lighted kitchen while it's dark outside reminds me of my grandmother's kitchen in the early morning on days when my mom would drop us off before she went to work.
I would by far say morning has something else about it that the rest of the day does not quite have. A feel of refreshment, a brand new day that seems like everything and everyone becomes in touch with, even people who aren't so much morning people. The song is also awesome!
ReplyDeleteI LIKE!
-Alix