Sunrise

Due to laziness there is one routine which I couldn’t follow now, after joining in my job. It is reading every morning on the roof of my house.

I used to sit comfortably in a chair enjoying morning dew.

Listening to Rehman’s mesmerizing compositions

Insightful works of Seth Godin or simple but charming narrations of R K Narayan or captivating page turners by Jeffrey Archer in my hand.

Pigeons around me saying something in their own sweet language and trying to get my attention by flapping their wings.

This happened continuously, every morning, for months when I was at home.

Whenever I raised my head from the book I saw the Sun rising, gaining its strength and getting ready for the day’s work, for what it is there, irrespective of the sunset that happened the day before or that will happen after sometime. This view filled a strange kind of joy in me. For a moment I forget all my fears.

I feel these rays of sunlight as rays of hope. A hope that all my fears of defeat will be followed with smiles of victory. A hope that the fear of danger will be followed by the strength of an opportunity. Just like how sunrise follows every sunset.

Sunrise is a great inspiration to start our day to give our best, irrespective of yesterday’s failures or challenges in the future.