My Inspiration

I take a break from working on my present WIP to go outside and enjoy the morning as the sun comes up. I sit on a chair on my front porch and sip my coffee enjoying the warmth of the liquid as my skin is slightly chilled from the morning air. I breath deep and smell the colliding scents of clean fresh air and the recent rain from last nights storms mixed with horse and cow manure from the nearby pastures.

I can't say that the morning is quiet, because it is abuzz with sounds from the crickets and the birds as they wake up to go hunting for their morning meal. There is a slight breeze that causes the leaves on the nearby trees to rustle and mix with the far off noise of a car whose driver is off to start their day.

I look up into the morning sky and see the sun coming up and peaking through the low lying clouds on this side of the mountain. Vibrant colors of pink, yellow, purple and orange fill the eastern sky then turn darker as the sun rises hiding behind the heavier clouds.

As I sit here and witness this kaleidoscope of sights, sounds and smells I am thankful and overjoyed to be able to sit here and be apart of this wonderful morning. I have been able to put aside the stresses of the week to take part in the moment. Times like now I feel like I am a part of nature and it's beauty and not just an observer looking in.

I thank God for moments like this and give him all of the glory for all of the blessings in my life even for those I have not been able to see and experience yet.

I take inspiration from these moments and hold them close to my heart. It gives me hope that things will turn out as they should and it gives me an open mind to put words on paper as I continue writing the stories I have in my heart.

Vickie Treadway