Most of us think of morning as time to be endured or rushed through quickly.

We try be highly caffeinated as possible, to drop off the kids, to make the commute, rush to work, and maybe catch the weather and the news along the way.

Very few among us would confess to being a morning person, which sounds like a sort of mythical beast, the unicorn of the twenty first century.

It’s not cool very cool to be a morning person.

Confess to loving to wake up in the morning around the coffee post at work and prepare yourself for scowls and murmurs.

We think of morning people as Pollyanna types who whistle “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” on the way down the front walk, past the picket fence and the rose bushes, which of course, they stop to smell.

Get real.

Who has time for that?

Crack open a can of Red Bull and get in the f”reking car!

And so the day begins, with aggressive cast of mind, with heavy foot on the accelerator.

When did the morning hours are full of stress and anxiety, the rest of the day follows in that pattern.

For me, morning is about excitement as I am always looking forward to not just morning but everyday.

Why is that?

Because I love waking up and doing something productive.

How about you?

(most of the content of this blog is credited to David Dillard, Phd) from his book A Mindful Morning.