I Love the Morning

Today’s message is going to be more of a confession than anything else.  Not the kind of confession that requires a priest or an attorney, mind you, but one that simply allows another glimpse into the personal world of yours truly.  Here is my confession:  I don’t know about you, but I love the morning.  I tend to go to bed early because I’m typically up between 5 and 5:15 every morning.  And it doesn’t matter what time I go to bed.  I could turn in at 4:55 a.m. and I’d still wake up around 5!  My internal clock has no off switch, so there is never any need for an alarm.  I get more done by 10 a.m. than most people do all day because I am very productive in the early hours.  There is just something about being up before dawn that gets my juices flowing and my mind pumping.  I do most of my writing in the early morning hours because I tend to be more creative then.  As a matter of fact, it’s 5:52 a.m. at the very moment I am writing this!

 

So I just thought I’d ask you to give some thought to how your natural rhythm works.  It’s important because if you’re not a morning person, a job that demands you be at your best in the morning is a tough row to hoe.  Some people theorize this is why elementary and high school students struggle so much with learning.  They tend to be night creatures by nature, and school is primarily a morning experience when we are young.  Technically your natural bio rhythm is called your circadian rhythm.  It roughly describes the 24-hour physiological cycle in all living beings.  So, my request for you today is to simply give some thought to this phenomenon of nature.  Are you working with or against your nature?  That’s an important question if you want to maximize your potential and operate at full capacity.  For me, I love the morning!