This is a copy of my latest post on the Communitas Collective blog.
On summer mornings I like to go out early. It’s warm but not hot and it’s quiet. I like to see the morning sun shining through the trees and across the grass of the parks near my house. And enjoy the peacefulness before the busyness of the day gets underway.
I was always a morning person. But in the last few years since developing Crohn’s I’ve often not felt well enough to do much of anything first thing in the morning. In recent months I’ve been a little better and this happily has given me my mornings back.
I started exercising in the mornings again, at least a little, most days. Exercise isn’t exactly at the top of my ‘fun things to do’ list but I believe it’s so good for me I try to be disciplined about doing some regularly. I’m very happy when it gets warm enough that it’s pleasant to exercise outside, early in my day.
We’re going to Ireland next month with my extended family and I hope that will be a wonderful trip. But overall I think it’s the smaller things which make the most difference to how I feel about my life. The things I can do every day (at least at this time of year), like going outside on summer mornings.