There's This Magical Time in the Morning Sometimes...

There is this magical time in the morning hours that, once in a great while, I wake up in the middle of. The feelings that I experience during this time don't really make sense to me; I cannot figure out what these feelings mean for my life; I realize that might sound crazy - but I just want to write about it here and share it with all of you.  This time is very early, usually before sunrise, that I will wake up and feel like everything about life is so incredibly simple!  It’s somewhat of a “miracle hour.”  And I cannot figure out if it is a phenomenon involving the sleep cycle or not, but when this happens to me, I feel that I’m almost dreaming; nothing matters apart from having this intense understanding about life and what truly matters.  There are no thoughts about what needs to be done, no stress, there are no anxieties about the day that I'm about to face.  All that I feel is this overwhelming sense of peace.   It's almost as if time stands still, just for a few seconds. 

These fleeting moments seem to disappear so quickly, and I feel myself wanting them to stay with me, to keep telling me that everything is going to be OK… And, I feel myself thinking over and over about the meaning of life and trying to figure it out, and desperately trying to understand it.  I think about God.  And I think to myself in these moments, "All that the universe – (and all that any of us) are made up of are particles of magical/divine dust,” and, “We all are here for a blink of an eye, and then we are gone.”  So fast - and too ridiculously quickly. 

It’s not a sad feeling that I experience.  In fact, it’s quite the opposite!  It is an overpowering desire to LIVE!  It is in these moments that everything about life is easily able to be seen as a complete miracle.  I think about the gifts that I have been given; from all of my friends and family who are a part of my life, to being able to have the gift of seeing my dreams coming true in front of my eyes.   

Friends, we must seize the day; every single day.  Honestly, I wish that there was a way to keep the “Miracle Hour” going, keep the peace going, and never get caught up in stressful situations that simply don’t matter in the bigger picture of life.  Let’s try to never let a moment go by without trying to remind ourselves how small we are; yet how powerful we are, and how we can all impact the world in a positive way, during the short time that we are here on Earth.  Through relentless faith and strength, I believe that we all have the power within us to create the kind of person that we want to be, and create the kind of life that we hope to live.  If you want to achieve something, you CAN, and you WILL.  

“We Become What We Think About” – Earl Nightingale



Jesse xx

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