A sound arises out of the earth----
a singing, a friendliness
Cedric Wright
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep!
You must ask for what you really want
Don't go back to sleep!
People are going back and forth
Across the doorsill where the 2 worlds touch,
The door is round and open.
Don't go back to sleep!
Rumi
Waking up in the morning, I smile,
24 brand new hours before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Listen to the salutation to the dawn,
Look to this day for it's life, the very life of life,
In it's brief course lie all the virtues and realities of our existence.
The bliss of growth, the splendour of beauty,
For yesterday is but a dream and tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well spent makes every yesterday a dream of happiness
and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well therefore to this day
Such is the salutation to the dawn.
Sanskrit salutation to the dawn