"THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY"

"THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY"

       As the dark  ink  of the  of the night thins out   and the faint light of dawn is seen on the horizon,  us the early birds who are up and about, and ready to make the most of the day, and are lucky enough to see, hear and feel the new day taking birth slowly and beautifully. The light reddish hue of the sky far out into the  sea, heralds the new day and the world is  seen  treated to the sweet trills and chirps of the winged and feathered creatures  nestled  up in the trees, welcoming the day and in their own way thanking the heavenly creator  for  all  that  the  GOD  loves  much to  name  as  “earth” safe  through the  dark hours of  the   night . The dawn of a summer day will waste no time in letting the bright rays of the sun filter in over the mountains and through the treetops. The distant sounds of the cocks crowing and the coherent   responses  in  chorus  by the others of the same species have acted as a natural wake up call for humans through dawns of time . As the dawn  breaks  to the  sunny  self  and people go about their work, not so  natural sounds  silence  the others and merge in unison  in to the making of a beautiful  morning.

 
       Come dawn  and the  morning  has   sounds  so unforgettable  of which   the  one is of the bread man/baker, who , with  his bamboo basket stacked up with hot, soft and crusty delights of different shapes and sizes  cycles his way  to the houses. Come what  may !! It may be a cold chilly and foggy dawn of a  spine  chilling winter or it may be a cold rainy and stormy dawn in the monsoon or a warm dawn of the summer, this is another sound which never goes missing just like the sweet birds nestled  in  their   tree tops    or  taking  flights  of    gay  abandon .

       And  while   the  dawn  winks  gloriously ; some of us fitness freaks  ready ourselves   to embrace  the  day   by  embarking   on to   early morning walks or rather  engage    ourselves  and  the  bodies  in yogic asanas, and few of  the  others  who  feel spiritually attuned   are  seen    connecting   to the    creator    in obeisance in  a   deep meditation   ;or perhaps make their way to a nearby place of worship, some others whose mornings don’t   allow them   to  lay  back  are seen busy  caught  up in the  grind  . Some members of the student community are  seen sitting with their books making up for lost time and also making the most of the early morning freshness and alertness of the mind. For some of us a cool refreshing morning shower before getting dressed and ready to face the new day makes it worth the while.      

        Every dawn brings with itself a feeling of hope, of promises about to be fulfilled, of dreams about to be realized. None of us know what the latter part of the day might hold, it may make us happy beyond words or it may bring about unforeseen difficulties but since a  peep  in to the  future is not possible , let us at every dawn, like the birds in the sky, thank the Good Lord for the gift of a new born day and pray to him to help us make it a ‘Day’ more special than the previous one.