Why 1,000 Good Mornings?
There is a teacher in the town that I grew up in that begins each one of his early AM classes by welcoming his students with the phrase, "1,000 good mornings to you all." I never had this teacher (I went to a small private school), I have no idea what he even teaches (or whether he is even a good teacher) and I'm not sure if he is even still at the school.
I've never actually heard him utter this phrase, friends of mine have told me about him.
It makes me think that today may actually be a good day.
I think it's the optimism in the phrase that resonates with me. You could probably categorize me as a "reluctant optimist."
I've just started doing yoga. Well that is a little bit of a stretch (no pun intended). I do yoga once a week with my wife. Honestly...I hate it...but I LOVE it. Every time we get ready to downward dog and anstunga salutate I think to myself, "this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever done." But you want to know something, as soon as we are done, I'm always glad we did it.
I'm actually somewhat prone to really bad days. I have wrestled with depression over the last six or seven years. I have some really good days, and I honestly have some really awful days. I wish I woke up every morning feeling like this (right), ready for the day. But I'm not always able to do that. I'm not always that optimistic. But I'm working on it, and I do hope to get better. I think this blog helps me think through these things. I hope maybe, it can make the one or two other people who read this feels a little better also.
Soooooo, that's why this blog is called "1,000 good morning."
It's kind of like yoga.
One of my favorite things about your writing is the way you tie in ridiculous pictures and typically unrelated topics to drive a point home. It keeps it fresh and entertaining. Go horns!
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