The Morning Friends

I woke up with the alarming clock telling me that, “It’s time to wake up dear. We, your friends are waiting for you.” I smiled and took a view outside the window. “Good Morning friends!”, as I whispered to them, they started sharing their comforting and encouraging virtues.

The clock initiated, “Always keep a track of each second, don’t loose the hold. Hold time with it’s head and you will succeed.”

As I stepped outside, the night was converting into early dawn and the view was amazingly beautiful. They waved and said, “Be beautiful inside out like us. Maintain a perfect harmony and balance like us. Embrace the change wholeheartedly as it will bring a better version of yours always.”

The Moon was fading and dull, almost invisible. I felt bad for its condition. Even then it smiled and corrected me, “No my dear! Never feel low. Time will be tough, there will be failures. But you must not forget, when courage is in heart, there is always chance to rise again. It’s a temporary phase which will pass out. Meanwhile prepare, work on yourself and come again with a bang. Like I will meet you at night again.”

The fresh air filled me with freshness all around. It whispered to me, “Be fresh and lively like me. Take in the positivity and spread it all around, people need it.”

The benign cool temperature embraced me and gestured, “Spread the warmth of love of your heart unconditionally to the whole world, humans and nature collectively. Forgive and forget all. You are like me just give comfort to others.” I asked, “But what about me? When someone hurt me, how can I spread love?” It answered, “The ones with pure heart and noble mind are always protected. Don’t worry about who did what, you follow your path, the nature will perform it’s justice.”

By that time my cute little melodious friends was hopping around me. “Hey, come lets enjoy! Be like us, childlike, joyful, filled with hope and melody. The joy keeps us young and adorable. The hope keeps us motivated that by the evening we will surely get something for our living. And the sweet voice makes up the day of anyone or everyone we meet. Even if you perform a small task, do it well. It doesn’t matter that the work you performed was small or big. What matters is how effectively and efficiently you executed it and how proud are you on that work”, said the birds.

I cheerfully started my morning with my friends, playing, giggling and chatting with one another. It was the time for me to start the daily chores.

As I was about to leave, an insightful voice came from behind. I turned and my eyes broadened with brightness. It was the Sun!

“Going without meeting me?”, it questioned. “How can I?”, I answered. The Sun said, “I know, I am a bit late today. Actually I was not. I was hiding behind the clouds and was waiting for my turn to come. Friend, don’t forget to shine! Be confident and have self belief like me. Be disciplined and focussed, aim the goal and hit it. Be persistent like me, for there will surely be a day when your bright shine will fill all this universe. Just keep going!”

And with the precious surprising gifts given by my friends, I started the day.

The silent morning says so…

It was around 3:52 AM in the morning when the light went out. I woke up with the irritating noise of fan running on inverter and decided to read something rather than sleeping again. I opened the doors and windows and switched off the fan. It was an absolute silence. This silence triggered the peace inside me. This reintroduced me to myself away from the crowd of my own thoughts. The silence outside established an absolute silence inside me. It rejuvenated my spirits.
By this time the clock hands crossed 4 o clock, I picked up a book and started reading.
Sometime later two birds were my company: the Cuckoos, telling me something. Their beautiful music brought in the happiness. They reminded me to halt rather than running in the mad race forgetting the present. They taught me how beautiful the life is when one just enjoys every moment around. How lovely it is to sing without being conscious! They taught me that every morning brings in new hopes, the opportunity of earning and living the day wholly. Let it be any circumstance, start with all your enthusiasm and positivity around.
And it was the time for the old mosque (located nearby) to pray its namaz. In this pin drop silence, with chirping of birds, I could hear the prayers. It reminded me the old times, the childhood, when the spirits were high and fear was absent. The courageous in childhood was replaced with the fears of the imaginary shortcomings. The carefree attitude was replaced by extra consciousness. How the relaxing calm mind with hopes was replaced by the stress in this mechanised world. 
Yes, even the morning, whispered something in silence. It reminded me to be childlike again and live the life rather than dragging it. How beautiful is the world outside and it is our right to enjoy each moment of this wonderful life. Our matured but carefree attitude is the key to counter all the drudgeries of modern life. It woke up the true self which was sleeping while pursuing the aims and objectives made by the society. It also taught me that meditation is not just sitting for some time but it’s that feeling of absolute silence which prevails effortlessly inside us. 
Yes, the silence of morning told me a lot that day and every day.