What adjective would one use to describe the feeling of rushing out of bed, brushing your teeth so fast you can taste toothpaste afterwards and running for break-fast in order not to miss your class, only to find out that you’ve woken up two hours early and could have easily slept in?
But before you start thinking of horrible adjectives, let me add this… it turns out to be one of the best breakfast meals that you’ve had, the weather is so beautiful that you can’t take your eyes off the sky, and there are only a few smiling faces awake.
Yup, that’s the morning I woke up to today. After a heavy stomach and a lovely hot shower I realized the futility of sleeping. Scientifically it is said that sleep only helps your brain and body to relax and de-stress, ready for another long day. One could argue saying that dreams are the best place to be, but what about beautiful mornings like these that people have suddenly forgotten only because they want a few extra hours of sleep?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not going to get ahead of myself and say that I hate sleeping, but it just amazes me that sleeping has taken such a part of our life and changed it into such a compulsory event of our life.
Today when I didn’t sleep for two extra hours, I realized that even in the hot summer of Maharastra, the mornings are the most beautiful and pleasant. The birds are busy and the dogs are waking up. The aroma of the morning breakfast can be smelled a few yards away and sleepy faces are waking up with smiles of coffee. I sat with Avi, smiling and listening to silly stories he was telling me, I was nodding at all his serious and big agenda’s of the day that he was planning, I was just absorbing everything I could about the morning.
And would I really want to miss all this, and more just for two extra hours of sleep in the morning? Nah, I don’t think so.
The sunrise is taken for granted. It’s an obvious fact of life. The sun will always rise, the sun will always set. If you stop for a moment, you’ll realize that one day, if you sit silently and patiently, the sun will rise only for you. And then you’ll stop taking it for granted and tell yourself, “I’m waking up again tomorrow!”
