Just Another Day
I
’m starting to wake up. Is it time to wake up already? I
definitely could sleep a few more hours. I look over at the
clock. Five minutes before my alarm is suppose to go off.
How is it that I know that? Man it’s another day. Wow. Let’s
see. I have two appointments today with someone I’ve never
met. Gonna spend some time getting to know them, listen to
their life and their passions, loves, pains, disappointments, and
amazing goals for the future. Hmmmm I’ll probably make
two new friends today. Guess I should get up. I go out to my
living room. Time to make my morning coffee. Man I love my
morning coffee. Damn. The dog is sleeping on the couch again.
He’s not supposed to be on the couch. He looks so peaceful
and comfortable though. I go over and kneel down beside him.
For some reason I just decide to reach over and hold him. He
doesn’t even wake up but I hold him and feel him breathing. I
bury my nose in his mane and smell him while he is breathing
in and out. Damn I love this dog. I’ll really miss him when he’s
gone. Guess I’ll make some coffee. I really love my coffee
when it’s still dark out, quiet, nobody to bother me. Something
about holding that coffee, in my PJ’s, slippers, and bathrobe
that give me that warm comfy feeling. I zone out for about
ten minutes with my coffee, thinking about nothing. It’s sort
of nice to actually think about nothing. I wake up seeing the
sun start to come up. I go outside and decide to watch the
sun rise. I sit in my lawn chair with my coffee and look at
the clouds. Wow! The clouds are starting to turn red. Isn’t it
amazing how each cloud is different? What an amazing world
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this is that God can
create a palette
to paint from
every day. Why is
everyone sitting
inside and not out
here looking at this
amazing painting? The sun starts to come up over
the horizon. What a glorious thing. This sun has been coming
up religiously for billions of years, every day without fail.
What a damn commitment. It’s just amazing. What would
this world do if it just decided not to come up today? The
feeling of the sun on my face is incredible. The warmth that
it gives feels so soothing. It’s doing that for everybody on the
entire earth. How does it do that? What power it has. Thank
you so much for all that you do. I guess I should get up and
start to do something myself. My coffee cup is empty. Time
for another cup. Man, it’s seven o’clock already, time to go
wake Amy. My dog is looking at me saying “Hey, It’s time
to feed me. What are you doing just sitting there looking at
the sun.” Ok, Ok….Time to move my ass. Just one last look
at that sun and the amazing clouds. How is that possible?
Oh well, just another day. Should be fun though. Damn I’m
lucky. Gordon Barth is the owner of Islands Fitness Center
located at 3155 N Windsong Dr in Prescott Valley. He can
be reached at 928-759-2271 or at [email protected].
Visit www.islandsfitness.com for more information.