Sunrise on the Beach

Today I began my day on the beach, walking and running, and being in silence. The beach is beautiful in the early morning light. I even saw Mercury brightly shining before sunrise. Yesterday I received guidance to begin my day this way. In the past when I receive guidance to do any thing that involves getting up earlier, I sit with it as long as I possibly can until the 'sitting with' is more painful that the actual getting up early. :) I have learned to respond to guidance without questioning why. It may be the answer to a prayer, in a form that I had not expected. When we pray without attachment, and are open to receive the answers in whatever form they may appear, the answer is often unexpected. I have also learned to be without condition with any feelings arising from the resistance to guidance. This keeps me from spending long painful bouts with myself arguing about why I need more sleep, or why I should do it a little differently than it is presented to me. These mind games usually happen in the early morning, or in the middle of the night, causing me to lose much more sleep than if I follow the guidance. I am so grateful for these lessons. The thought of myself arguing with myself in the middle of the night about how to get more sleep makes me laugh. I welcome the gift of the morning light, and whatever may appear each morning as I greet the day on the beach.