Moonset at Sunrise

 

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Moonset at Sunrise

We wake very early in our household. My husband rises at 5:45 a.m. and that is a bit early for me to get up on some days. So I lay in bed a few minutes more, savoring the warmth and the comfort of a soft bed in the silence of the morning.

It's dark at that time. Daylight Savings Time lies ahead, but for now, mornings are dusky and still. Though the other morning, blessed by the presence of a full moon, the early hours were tinged with magic and unexpected light. Delight.

The moon over the Bay never fails to stir my heart. On this particular morning, I could not resist its allure. Without shoes or coat, I stepped into the yard to witness it. I snapped this photo.

I wanted to make a memory—a Kodak moment to seal in the beauty of the moment. One where I didn’t plan something or put it off or make excuses. (“Too cold.” “No time.” "Not a good enough shot.”) I simply followed my heart’s urging to be fully present to what was in front of me.

So often in the hurry-filled moments of our day, we may rush beyond magical moments like these. Certainly, we might notice them but do we truly stop and savor? Take a sacred pause to lose our self in this very special moment that will never come again?

Even with a myriad of full moons each year, this exact moon, shedding its luminous light over the water, will never appear this way again. Something will be different. A haze. Clouds. Even out of camera shot as the earth continues her timeless rotation.

All the more reason to throw caution to the wind and step barefoot out onto cold, wet grass to make a forever memory. 

There are a thousand ways

to kneel and kiss the ground.

~Rumi