“We can only appreciate the miracle of a sunrise if we have waited in the darkness”

~ Unknown

This was the beautiful sunrise that I woke up to outside my window one recent morning.

I was so excited to get these photos, that I almost ripped the screen in my impatience to get it off of the window. But it was all worth it.

“If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.”

~ Oscar Wilde

I have always felt a bit of wonderment when watching either a sunrise or a sunset as I know in another location the opposite is happening.

If you think about it long enough, you come to the realization that a sunrise and a sunset are but the same occurrence.

I would love to, and will write more about that last thought soon, but for now the video slide-show is waiting to be seen. This is the instrumental version of Here Comes the Sun by George Harrison:

And of course, the original with the lyrics and great animation by the Beatles:

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