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February 02, 2003
Serenity Now
My father introduced me to the calmness of dawn. I recall a game my father and I played when I was little. If I could wake him up on Saturday morning without waking my mother (funny, she never woke up), he would take me to one of the local diners for breakfast. This was generally real early in the morning, before the streets were crowded.
I fondly remember driving to Sugarbush on Saturday mornings with friends while I was in high school. Getting up early to be the first up the lifts was hard, but the roads were empty, the stores were still closed, the only signs of activity were Dunkin Donuts, Gas Stations, and small resteraunts.
In college, early Saturday & Sunday mornings were the time for freerolls (practice runs for Carnegie Mellon's high-tech "buggy" races called Sweepstakes). We'd all be up before dawn, sweeping the road, preparing the buggies, and stretching our limbs.
Even today, when I manage to pull myself out of bed early, I'm reminded of those times. The sun is about to rise, sometimes I'll hear birds chirping and the world (or at least my little part of it) is asleep.
One of these days, I'll realize that its worth it to trade inane night-time television for the serenity of dawn.
Posted by KnipSter at February 2, 2003 10:37 AM
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