This morning I got up early- around 5 am....couldn't sleep....the whole house is quite...all my rugrats are asleep and my dearest is still in bed...I haven't been up this early by myself for awhile..usually I am up if someone is sick or something...like I tell most people, "I was a morning person until I had children!" but there is something to be said about the silence that greets me this morning...I have my cup of coffee and feel more centered...actually, I feel like writing...do silence and creativity go hand in hand? This may be something I will explore more as I look for the Artist within myself...maybe I need some more early morning silences to get the creative juices flowing...I won't kid myself and say I will get up this early every day but maybe once or twice a week? I think I will try it...here are some wonderful quotes I found and wanted to share because I believe in the power of words...
Be silent or let thy words be worth more than silence.- Pythagoras
Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can play weird--that's easy. What's hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple complicated is commonplace--making the complicated simple, awesomely simple--that's creativity.- Charles Mingus
Still silence is the beginning of creativity- Deepak Chopra
Good morning! I like the idea of getting up early and having some time for yourself. For some reason I have gotten in the habit of staying up late when everything is quiet and this just seems to not work as well for me considering I would probably do illegal things for a cup of coffee ;-) and spend the rest of the day trying to squeeze in a nap.
ReplyDeleteI am trying also to break the habit of staying up late and taking naps during the day? why? well, i would like to say it was for noble causes but actually, our family schedule doesn't include time for naps anymore....sniffle
ReplyDeleteI myself do not like the wee small hours of the morning until I am actually awake and can appreciate the quiet. My youngest son was crying at 2:30 this morning. I went to pick him up, and he stopped crying immediately. Nothing was wrong. I think he just needed some alone time with dad at 2:30am. I'll have to start making earlier appointments with him.
ReplyDeleteAh, getting up before 6 AM...to the night of the morning, the rush in rise of the sun, and soft echoes of the world coming alive. It's a beautiful thing, isn't it? Being a mother, yet alone for a time. Cherish those moments...they could be your most creative.
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