I woke up at 4:30 this morning. As I lay there and couldn’t get back to sleep, I thought of a Rumi quote I’ve heard Wayne Dyer use many times, “The morning breeze has secrets tell. Do not go back to sleep.”
So I didn’t. I couldn’t. The ocean was calling me…pulling and drawing me in like the tide. The ocean is my friend. We typically meet daily at sunset but today, my friend requested my presence at sunrise. With no make up and pulling on yesterday’s jeans, I got up and walked on my favorite beach--Wallis Sands. As I looked around in the dark, I noticed that I was the only person who accepted the invitation to the most spectacular light show on earth. I waited patiently in the darkened sandy theatre--amazed but glad I had a completely solo audience with the sea.
Before the star of the show made an appearance, I was treated to a splattering display of luminescent rainbow lights radiating out over the shore washing over the sea gulls congregating on the beach as they looked for crabs. I could hear the soft motors of lobster fishermen starting their day with a goal to feed the masses the best seafood in the world as they made their way across the multi colored horizon. In the distance, an oil tanker sat near the Isles of Shoals, waiting to pull into port as ships have done for hundreds of years. 
An hour went by before I saw a white hot light peek out from behind the horizontal curtain. Like the birth of something new, it slowly came out of obscurity --inch by inch until, in all its glory. It was larger than life and burned brightly in the sky-- now center stage for all the world to see...or at least for those on the east coast.
As I watched, I realized that I was the first person in America to see the sun rise today. I witnessed a birth that was mirroring the birth of something new in me coming to light…and I knew exactly what that was. Indeed, the morning breeze has secrets to tell. Do not go back to sleep.
Copyright R. Ann Rousseau. All Rights Reserved. R. Ann Rousseau is completing her first novel Portsmouth - A Love Story. She writes about and reviews spiritual metaphysical books on her website and blog http://www.explorebeyondtheusual.com/
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