colector: [JournalWriting] Re:Share an Entry Sunday, 3/9/2008, 12:00 am

Julie,

Your morning bird is belting out his song because he is grateful for
another morning.

We should all share in his joy because it's a new day and one more
chance to get it right.

Scott

--- In JournalWriting@yahoogroups.com, "Julie Jordan Scott"
<juliejordanscott@...> wrote:
>
> The birdsong I woke up to so so beautiful. Dawn opened the day,
scotch tape torn away to reveal "Sunday, A completely commitment free
day, once church is over." Church, with me and no one else today.
Freedom. Sunday School. I excited and glad. Almost forgot the D.
>
> Listen, walk outside, what do you hear?
>
> Birds - so much silence in the early morning allows me to hear them
clearly. Without competing sounds, I hear each bird, one by one, and
am able to notice each one more. I heard new birds (travelers?)
warbles I don't recognize. I give myself the space to laugh, to
smile. I feel the birds and I share a secret non of my neighbors know
since they are all sleeping.
>
> I let myself feel smug. Allow that to settle into my shoulders.
>
> I write in the grey of the early morning, allowing the grey light
of almost sunrise to barely illuminate the page. It is sacred
somehow, like a dusty, stain-glass shrouded marble sanctuary, this
morning moment at my kitchen table, facing East.
>
> A proud bird is singing, so chesty. Belting. A bird diva. I don't
know its name but I know its art.
>
> My art will never match hers. And its ok. its how it was meant to
be. Just right.
>
> I hear Katherine choosing to join the world, yay her.
>
> My Mirado Warriors are lined up. I cahnge when one point gets dull.
I love their scratching on the page, the slight-ever-so-subtle-just-
there-resistance.
>
> It feels good. Very good.
>
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