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Hmmm, if my habitual mourning routine had not been interrupted by that striking sunrise, would my day have unfolded differently?

I was winding myself up for another work day. Going through the motions of a routine so well rehearsed I could do it blindfolded. Then I saw it. A narrow band of phosphorescent orange on the horizon doing battle, or so it seemed, with the looming, grey clouds that dominated the skyline.

It look vaguely ominous and, at the same time, outlandishly hopeful. It struck me like nature’s horoscope for the day. There would be frustrations and obstacles to surmount. Dead ends to find my way around and one way streets where there shouldn’t be. But hope and optimism would ultimately prevail if I kept the faith.

I’ve heard it said that we can create our own future if we focus our energies on where we want to end up. On the other side of the equation lies the philosophy that we each have a destiny that is laid out from the moment we are born.

The truth may be somewhere in between. There is a road that each of us is meant to travel. But the destination is not a fixed point in time or place. The choices we make, or fail to make, influence where that road leads us. And the moral? We need to shake up our routines now and then lest we overlook the fork in the road when we approach it.

Nature’s horoscope in the morning sky – a random act of metaphor for the need to live an intentional life with our eyes wide open. The next crossroad may be the one we can’t afford to miss.

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