so, i started capturing the sunrises with my iphone — not daily, but at least once a week — from august 2010 until june 2011. of those, i’m sharing 65. some are spectacular, some are rather ordinary, but all are unique.

this became my daily nudge to remember to open my eyes — and to be still — and, for just a moment each day, to marvel at something beautiful and fleeting and true.

i can’t think of a better way to start the day.

a hush is over everything, silent as women wait for love; the world is waiting for the spring. (sara teasdale)

the moon is always jealous of the heat of the day, just as the sun always longs for something dark and deep. (alice hoffman)

just because everything is different
doesn’t mean anything has changed. (irene peter)

there are nights when the wolves are silent
and only the moon howls. (george carlin)

change always comes bearing gifts. (price pritchett)

everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn. (elizabeth lawrence)

time is like the wind, it lifts the light and leaves the heavy.
(doménico cieri estrada)

there may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. (vincent van gogh)

better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (chinese proverb)