The First Part of Your Mornings

One time I want far away. Into the mountains but not exactly secluded. It is a monthly thing. It used to be a quarterly thing but then again it started feeling like it is a monthly need - to get out of the city's hustle and bustle. I needed to recharge. Unplug they say. Which is a funny way of saying it. We know that when we "recharge" things these days, we'd need to have it plugged.

** Anyway. I'm referring to my social batteries. For that type of battery, "unplugging" or disconnecting is how it is getting charged. And for when solemnity is needed, it is not entirely without human contact.

** Stranger is a better company for such cases. No bias. No walls. No second-guessing if their pitch was something you'd need to be witty about. Not all the time, but most of the time. It was my first time visiting this place. I also make it a point to pick a different place each time. Like I said, stranger is better. To get that chance of seeing some same people I saw from the previous month, I have to pick a different place. Seeing same people would breed familiarity and along with familiarity cultivates bonds. That is not my aim for each unplugging.

The point of unplugging myself is to make sure I still have my "me" together. In tact. And not yet shredded into a thousand of other identities just because of each adjustment to each social interactions. Not that I do no have my own splits. You know what I mean if you know.

But this particular getaway is remarkable as it changed how I start my mornings. There are few people booked in that place. And I happened to have a healthy interaction with one old man.

It was breakfast time. I was going to grab my plate and my coffee from the claim area and I saw him. He was having tea, sort of looked like nodding off but he was reading a book. Sipping his tea every once in a while and then forking a berry or a slice of his pancake and eating them. He was also smiling every once in a while more to himself or more like he is talking to someone else. Was I weirded out? Not really. Instead there is this serene thing about the old man that is quite inviting and enticing. I think I was staring at him for too long that the person next to me at that time waiting in line had to call my attention. But his attention, too, was caught by the old man.

We decided to share tables with him.

He was welcoming and indeed did not mind our presence or our barging in in his seemingly intimate moment with the self. We found out later on though that it was what he calls his quiet time. He says, it is the key thing for his every morning. It sets his mind and his heart to walk in the direction of what is pleasing to God.

Makes sense. I kinda know how that goes. But in my busy everyday life, I sometimes forget. The conversation with him was enriching but he ended with questions for us to ponder on:

If you would choose love .. how would you go about it today?

If you would choose joy .. how would you do it?

If you would choose peace.. how would you do it?

If you would choose patience.. how would you do it?

If you would choose kindness.. how would you do it?

If you would choose goodness.. how would you do it?

If you would choose faithfulness.. how would you do it?

If you would choose gentleness ... how would you do it?

If you would choose self-control .. how would you do it?

And why would you only choose one path when you can choose for today and every day from the start of your morning to set your mind to these things.

Yes.

Not all the time it is easy. That's why in the first part of the morning, as you choose these things, also ask for His grace to get you through...

Ah that talk with mister Miyagi, I mean, the old wise stranger is refreshing indeed.

Indeed.

hey! what's up everyone. Mixing a fictional story here. How I DO WISH my unplug sessions would be a different place monthly. Do you unplug, too? or find time to move away from the usual crowd? If so, did you or were you able to share some stories with some strangers? Has a stranger touched your life in the process, even?

What is your story?

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