..to start the day well, I've thought about how I wake and what I think and see on waking, so what do I hear?
What do you hear? Tell me it's not a rmedia compilation of all the terrible things that have happened around the world while you have been asleep! To people you will never know, in places you will never see and whcih you cannot change in any way. The more I think abuot this the more insane I believe it to be. Really. No rational person would do this. Instant stress.
We were not designed for this (children especially), and we wonder why there is an epidemic of mental health problems?
Not that we shouldn't take an inerest, but first thing on waking?
I have woken to the sound of aircraft taking off, a milk float, noisy neighbours leaving for work, a baby crying (mine), a call to prayer, a bellbird in a forest, children arguing, someone else's radio, a noisy wren at 5am, the city cacophony of traffic and sirens and boats on the river and helicopters in the air (London), sheep, peeweets, a kiss, lashing rain....
I waken to quiet now, a little birdsong and I may hear the early bus trundle by, but there isn't another for two hours. Love it and know I am very lucky.
The native cranesbill doesn't flower fo very long, but it's lovely and totally undemanding.
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