Dawn

There is something about being up early enough to see the first sign of dawn.  There's a privacy about it because you feel like it's just you and dawn greeting the day and it's a privilege to be given this new day.  There's also promise in the air of how this will be another chance at this precious life we've been granted.

I wake up early so I see a lot of dawns but they never lose their power to fascinate and uplift me.  When I think of how late I'd sleep when I was young and all the beautiful dawns I've missed, it makes me a little sad.

Some people enjoy late nights and bright lights but give me the vision of a peaceful dawn lighting up the countryside any day.