One minute

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I am a morning person. I inherited this attribute from my family and to my village where I was born. I used to go to the rice fields early morning with my grandfather. I love sunrise (who does not!). These are some of the pictures I have taken of mostly of sunrise over the past few months. Most of them are from the same few places i.e., while hiking or near Gym or near home or stopping for a breather while biking - all early morning. I want to see how things change on the same spot everyday. I am not trying to take beautiful sunrise pictures rather observe and take a moment to realize it. The pictures may not be that great (I am not a good photographer  - took the picture on a iphone) but it shows the variety of colors and transformations each day. That is the important part - everyday is new. 

What I found out that before gym or while hiking early morning, I end up spending one min to absorb the beauty of the sunrise - sometime I take a picture and many times I stand to see what is different. It is that one minute a day which connects and disconnects.

Slowly, it has become a habit to send the pictures as a "Good Morning" message to few people if I find it interesting ... it is my way to thank them for being part of of my life. Like Sun, they also get that one minute of my thought early in the morning. (Note, it is possible they are getting tired of the GM picture messages by now ... but have not told me yet!)

I am also taking one minute to thank all of you - my blog readers for your support. I am going to take few months off from blogging as I need to focus on a new project in mind. I will update about them when I am ready.

Best Wishes!








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