Aug7

merry sunshine.

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this is not me,

but we do have a similar level of excitement upon waking up each day

just to see what is going to happen,

 as we’ve both discovered over time,

not everyone shares this same level of enthusiasm for the new day. 

when my children shared a house with me,

I loved waking them with a ‘merry sunshine!’ in the  morning,

which did not always go over as well as the spirit in which the greeting was intended. 

there is still time for it to grow on them.

here is Ralph’s take on the situation:

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‘there is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred,

to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers.

if you have not slept or if you have slept or if you have headache or sciatica

or leprosy or thunder-stroke,

I beseech you, by all angels, to hold your peace and not pollute the morning.

-ralph waldo emerson

 

 

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  10. Excellent picture and quote. It’s awful when you say good morning, hi, or hello, and just get a grunt or other grumpy greeting. It curdles the atmosphere. Teenager are one thing, but when it’s adults ….

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  14. I’m not an early riser, but I do appreciate that I have reached another new day, come what may, a frolic in the hay, a movie matinee, or a day at the ballet

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  18. My high school best friend’s father (Mormon head of the household of 12 when I stayed over) went around singing “Reveille” just after dawn. I looked at her. “EVERY MORNING,” she said, “And if you don’t get up, it gets even weirder.” I got up, but i didn’t like it!!

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  28. This is totally me! (The enthusiasm for waking up and seeing what the day will bring, not the midair leaping.) I sometimes can’t wait to go to bed just so I can get the night over with and start a brand new day.

    God, I’m weird.

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