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March 16, 2018

Five Minute Friday: PROVIDE

Five Minute Friday

Today’s prompt: PROVIDE

I grabbed the sunrise picture above this morning at around 7:20, when I was making coffee in the middle of a work shift that had started at 4 a.m.

When I used to run, sunrise runs in this neighborhood were the best. I would think “this will never end. I will never take it for granted. I will always appreciate this. Nothing else can provide the joy that running, in Hawk’s Landing, at sunrise provides.

As it turns out, sunrises are different now. I’m more likely to be at my laptop in slippers than on the pavement in running shoes.

Maybe the “no running” imposition due to health concerns was timed in a way that made it a little less heartbreaking (pun slightly intended) to take on work that has to happen early.

That work is allowing me to help provide for my family. And the latest changes are providing challenges to my brain that I haven’t experienced in a long time. Taking on a slightly higher responsibility makes two hours of the shift FLY by. Is it weird to compare it to meditation? It’s away from social media. It’s intense concentration. It’s (largely) solitary. It introduces me to new topics and tasks while drawing on my love of writing and editing. The biggest challenge is taking in large amounts of information quickly and fact-checking them.

That fact-checking challenge, come to think of it, is a little like trying to top a personal running goal or retain the feeling of running through a sunrise.

[end of five minutes]

As we prepare to leave this house, I’ll always carry with me gratitude for the different types of joys and challenges I’ve experienced here at sunrise.

Five Minute Friday

Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” (But I can’t resist spell checking, as you can imagine.)

Paula Kiger
Paula Kiger

Wife of one, Mom of two, Friend of many. My pronouns are she/her/hers.

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  1. Tara says

    March 16, 2018 at 10:08 pm

    Beautiful photo. I love capturing sunrises and sunsets. They are incredible reminders of God’s awesome creation. I’m in the 31 spot.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      March 16, 2018 at 11:44 pm

      Thanks! And you are right. So incredible.

      Reply
  2. Susan Williams says

    March 18, 2018 at 11:00 am

    I loved this post, Paula. I love the way you have taken the “what is”, and found the blessing therein.

    Reply
    • Paula Kiger says

      March 18, 2018 at 11:08 am

      Thank you, Susan, for this comment (and the tweet). 🙂

      Reply
  3. teawithjennifer says

    March 22, 2018 at 8:38 pm

    Times change…I live near the water & used to think I will never stop walking daily in this beautiful scene… But chronic health issues have made this an irregularity now. We adapt to the seasons…
    Thank you for sharing.

    You’re most welcome to drop by with your favorite beverage…
    Jennifer

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    • Paula Kiger says

      March 22, 2018 at 9:39 pm

      We certainly do adapt and it’s important to remember that! Thanks so much for stopping in.

      Reply

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