The Gift of Morning
From Music and the Spoken Word
Delivered By: Lloyd D. Newell • Program 4223
“I’ll tell you how the sun rose, — A ribbon at a time,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson.1
Like ribbons of beauty and wonder gently unfolding, each morning offers us the gift of another new day. In the silence and splendor of the morning, we can expand our perspective and see more possibilities, more prospects, more chances to start anew. In the promise of another beautiful morning, we can see more clearly that life is worth living and is indeed good.
There’s something invigorating about the morning. We may not see the sun come up, but we know it’s there, even on days that are cloudy and cold. We may not feel the morning dew, but somehow we feel refreshed just knowing it happens. We may not always hear the early birds’ song, but there’s comfort in starting our day with the assurance that birds find reason to sing.
One night, a young mother found herself distressed at the end of a long day. She had a big decision to make and just could not seem to think clearly. She called a friend who gave her sage advice. The friend simply said, “Everything always seems better in the morning. Wait until morning to decide.” Those words stayed with her for years to come. Everything does seem a little better in the morning. We can think more clearly. We have refreshed resolve and renewed energy. What may have seemed impossible just the night before somehow is less so in the light of morning.
1 “A Day,” Poems, ed. Mabel Loomis Todd and T. W. Higginson (1912), 94.
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