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22/6/2018

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What do you hear when you first waken?

I am lucky to hear silence and a little birdsong, the early bus trundles by and the odd car.

That is a choice too - it wasn't always so!

What choice do you make? Do you switch on to the world's bad news? It's more than a bit crazy when I think about it. There is a tendency to forget that things are news because they are not the norm and we can get a wildly skewed view of the world....

I had a eureka moment once when I lived in a house on three floors. I was rushing downstairs to get out of the door in time for work when I realised the words Vodaphone Roadwatch were repeating themselves over and over in my head. What am I doing to my precious mind I asked myself! (I stopped listening to Classic FM forever when the presenter, after playing a divine piece of Mozart asked listeners to contact him and tell him their favourite pizza topping!  True.)

You may waken to the thunder of traffic, a jackhammer or noisy neighbours, or children demanding breakfast or an extremely  shrill alarm clock. Perhaps you sleep with earplugs?

You might like to give some thought to those few moments when you first open your ears. With modern technology we have almost infinite choices - some ambient sound, your own playlist, a different radio station. (I like BBC Radio 3 after the on-the-hour news summary) Something of your own choosing before you set off into your day.

Listen to the sweet sound of your very own breath. Celebrate the fact that you are alive - you are being breathed!

Its the choices we make.


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Lotta link
23/6/2018 02:03:38 pm

I'm just catching up with your posts and I was going to write this on the previous one but it's probably more appropriate here, because whatever we awaken listening to on the outside we usually also wake to the sound of our own thoughts... So I like to arrange nice thoughts to wake up to as well... I started doing it when I was going through a very difficult time and I still do it now. Just before I go to sleep I picture the day I'm going to have tomorrow in a positive light, and when I wake up in the morning that's exactly where my mind goes first. I like to give it somewhere safe to land each morning so it doesn't go wandering off looking for trouble!
I'm also very grateful to wake to birdsong and countryside sounds.

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Freda
23/6/2018 02:08:32 pm

That sounds empowering Lotta. And again it comes down to making life-affirming choices. We have the power! (sounds like a slogan :-) but it's true).

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cathy
23/6/2018 04:47:57 pm

summer mornings I wake to birds singing...although this morning it was to the sound of rain. in the winter, it could be the snowplow, the furnace coming on or just silence until I'm up & moving around.

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Freda
24/6/2018 02:38:14 pm

I love the seasonal changes.

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sheena
23/6/2018 11:57:12 pm

I am lucky enough to wake up to birdsong as well interspersed with planes landing or taking off from the local airport. The positive spin on the jet noise is picturing happy people going on holiday or meeting friends and family. Also the resident birds don't seem at all bothered by the larger, noisier flying things.

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Freda
24/6/2018 02:40:37 pm

Nice images Sheena.( I saw some gulls recenty making a great fuss of a drone and wonder about that..)

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Mary
24/6/2018 03:11:51 am

I really liked Lotta's response. As for me, I no longer need to wake up to an alarm, though I am still a fairly early riser. Mostly quiet where I live, other than occasional neighbor leaving for work/school, so birdsong is most prevalent.

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Freda
24/6/2018 02:41:57 pm

I can imagine you savouring that Mary!

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Linda
24/6/2018 08:34:24 am

Depending on the time of year I wake to birdsong or the quiet throb of the central heating! We live on the edge of town, near a tiny wood, so it's generally very quiet. I'm a poor sleeper, though, and usually wake in pain, so it takes a while (and painkillers) before I know what sort of day I will have. Unfortunately, not a choice on this!

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Freda
24/6/2018 02:43:38 pm

Oh that must be hard Linda. I do hope today was a good day.

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Julia
26/6/2018 03:40:18 pm

I am really lucky...i love going to bed early..and i love waking up at 4am....so whether i am at home, or visiting..i usually wake up to silence...except for in new york city! And no news before 7 am, please.

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Freda
27/6/2018 01:10:50 pm

That is early! Do you waken that early in winter too?

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