WEBVTT - Watch the sun rise or set

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura, Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to watch the sun rise or set.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're in the Northern Hemisphere these days, the rising

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<v Speaker 1>and setting happen at times that you are probably awake,

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<v Speaker 1>and seeing this daily miracle can connect you to nature

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<v Speaker 1>and be a great occasion for awe. Today's tip, like

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<v Speaker 1>a few others I've talked about lately, comes from Melissa's

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<v Speaker 1>Stagonus's book Everyday Mindfulness. This book features over a hundred

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<v Speaker 1>ideas for building moments of calm and observation into daily life.

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<v Speaker 1>Tip number sixty eight is to watch the sun rise

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<v Speaker 1>or set. Watching the sun rise and set is a

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<v Speaker 1>simple practice that can feel so magical. Melissa writes, not

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<v Speaker 1>only can you observe the opening and closing of the day,

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<v Speaker 1>but you also get a front row seat to a

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<v Speaker 1>live art show in the sky. As we all know,

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<v Speaker 1>even a relatively modest sunrise or sunset can be beautiful.

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<v Speaker 1>The good ones can just blow your mind. And the

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<v Speaker 1>crazy thing is we get two opportunities a day to

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<v Speaker 1>see this wow. In other words, attending this awe inspiring

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<v Speaker 1>show is pretty easy. Check your weather app to see

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<v Speaker 1>when the sun is rising and setting over the next

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<v Speaker 1>few days. Choose a day when there won't be complete

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<v Speaker 1>cloud cover, then go outside or sit near a big

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<v Speaker 1>window and watch. In my neck of the woods, the

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<v Speaker 1>sun is rising around six forty am and setting around

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<v Speaker 1>four pm these days, and so it's not like this

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<v Speaker 1>requires waking up at four am or anything. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>easy enough not to pause and notice, because hey, the

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<v Speaker 1>sun does rise and set every day, Thank goodness, it

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<v Speaker 1>all this happens, so it's easy not to notice it

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<v Speaker 1>happening this morning. On the other hand, I watched. I

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<v Speaker 1>woke up at four am because the baby woke up

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<v Speaker 1>and he went back to sleep, but I did not,

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<v Speaker 1>so I went to my desk and worked from five

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<v Speaker 1>to seven am. During that time, I made sure the

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<v Speaker 1>curtains were fully open, and I kept looking up from

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<v Speaker 1>my desk as the sky brightened and then turned orange

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<v Speaker 1>and pink before finally going blue for the day. If

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<v Speaker 1>mornings are rushed, the sunset might be more doable. If

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<v Speaker 1>the sunset happens during your work day, which might be

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<v Speaker 1>the case in winter, plan to take a fifteen minute

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<v Speaker 1>break around the sunset to get outside and see it.

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<v Speaker 1>We need breaks anyway, and we should get some physical activity.

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<v Speaker 1>Watching a sunset can add a moment of awe to

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<v Speaker 1>even a normal afternoon. In any case, this is so

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<v Speaker 1>easy to do. We just have to do it. So today,

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<v Speaker 1>look at the sunrise and sunset times and commit to

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<v Speaker 1>pausing in your day to watch one of them. Coffee

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<v Speaker 1>on the back porch watching the sunrise, a late afternoon

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<v Speaker 1>walk to see the sunset if you'd like. This is

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<v Speaker 1>a great opportunity for gratitude for the sheer marvel of

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<v Speaker 1>this planet, for these extravagant displays of beauty that are

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<v Speaker 1>there for free for everyone. Melissa writes that you can

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<v Speaker 1>simply sit in silence, appreciating how the light transforms the

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<v Speaker 1>guy while remembering that you are part of a magnificent

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<v Speaker 1>world an infinite universe. Sounds good to me. In the meantime.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making

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