The Beach at Sunrise

The Beach at sunrise brings me peace and quiet a time for reflection and soul searching.

The foamy ocean meets the spectacular shore line on the beach at sunrise. In all is splendid beauty, angry waves crash down or beautiful calm ripples near silent in their breathtaking majesty break on the shore.

The sun is just waking up, the sky is clear a light wind is blowing and curling the ocean in simplistic grandeur. The ocean and shore go on for miles and I sit on a small stretch of natural wonder, hypnotized, calm and serene.

Seagulls fly high swooping down or swimming, besides my thoughts they are my only companions at this hour. The splendid sun fully awakes and joins us as it shines high up in its sole and rightful place in the sky. The sun giving light, warmth and life, casting its intense glow down on the ocean to make it appear as a mirror reflecting glorious light, warmth and inspiration.

As I walk, the sand beneath my feet is cool and tingly, energizing me for my day. You may walk on the beautiful shore for miles seeing the same landscape but no matter it may appear the same and be very different at the same time. Shells of all shapes and sizes are strewn about the beach. An occasional clump of seaweed or driftwood can be seen floating in the water or washed up on the shore.

I sit down to enjoy the brilliance of the ocean, to soak up the early morning sun and to feel as if time is standing still.

An occasional boat is traveling in the distance east to west and then nothing as far as the eye can see, cloudless skies hold the rare sound of an airplane you can not see.

I spy a flicker of light as the sun reflects off a windshield as a truck churns up the pristine sand and an early morning fisherman is up to enjoy the same beauty as me. I notice a jogger a small speck on the horizon. The fisherman and the jogger let me know the world is waking and it is time for me to continue my day.

Each day should begin this way an internal and external cleansing a rebirth for mind, body and soul. I am content and refreshed by the solitude and natures majesty in all its splendid glory and grateful for another day.