I just finished the first floor layout of my new dance club/restaurant that should be opening in the next 3 to 5 years. There are many working titles, all of which I'm in love with. There is a D.J. in an octagonal slowly rotating interactive booth in the middle of the dance floor. I'm fairly excited about that...only God knows why I think about these things at this time of night.
My mind works hard...but it works harder right now. Morning people waste the most interesting and exciting part of the 24 hour cycle. This time of night brings adventure, chaos, conversation, reality, mischief, and renewal...renewal. How many of the stories that we remember the best have come after midnight has struck. Some (well educated) parents may say that nothing good happens after midnight...and though I understand the notion, I think the very best and brightest things happen in the dark hours and newness of the morning.
Walk with me...today is a brand new day, it begins at 12:01am and with the greater population asleep for what is truly a triumphant movement in space and time. A time in which we have just lived comes back around and with that, the opportunity to live it out again. A brand new adventure that can rival the last has just begun- a new story to tell, new relationships...newness has come upon us and we, whether in literal of metaphorical terms - are sound asleep as the clock resets.
We've been watching Dick Clark drop that ball in Times Square for at least 230 years now. We love to celebrate the newness. People make promises to themselves and each other about what will be different in this newness, how they will be different, how they will seize opportunity and make the best of the days to come. But what about today? Today is new, by 12:01 we have already circled the sun again and after such a long journey, let us celebrate what is new, what is available to us to take hold of and make whatever we choose of it.
Snooze buttons are getting bigger and bigger and easier and easier to find even with a groggy, sleep filled eye. But today...today is different, and so will today, tomorrow.
Remember...
It is never just another day.
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In Biblical times, I understand that the new day began at sunset. I guess it is all in how you look at it. Our system of time keeping is manipulated to suit our culture. i.e. daylight savings time, time zones, GMT, etc. In any case, your are right about each day being a new beginning. Carpe Genesis.
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