I woke up feeling better than I have in a while — I think it is a combination of cutting junk food/sugar out of my diet and getting ahead of my allergies. The grass pollen is off the charts right now, but there is rain expected today that might pound it down for a bit. We live in hope, and face masks.
Waking up feeling better is a gift, it really is. Waking up exhausted and dispirited is…well, exhausting and dispiriting. No shock there. Waking up feeling cognizant is entirely different for me. There is no indigo morning haze in my brain, stumbling around and over thoughts and worries and the craving for distraction.
Being aware and present feels like a clear running stream. There are plenty of rocks everywhere and detritus of my surroundings drops into my life continuously but my mind remains pure and I can flow with the current. A little romantic sounding (I am no poet) but that is my experience.
Ironically the cloud cover was low (as I said, incoming rain) so things were very gray and humid during our walk.
I tried to capture it with a photo of my favorite landscape feature, the hulking metal tree known as the police radio tower. I love how it interacts with our skyline in sharp lines, so antithetical to nature and yet appearing so natural in our urban landscapes.