Sunrise

It is early as I sit at the east-facing window in our hotel room. I didn’t get up to journal or blog, but to experience the sunrise here in Barcelona on the Balearic Sea, described on one map as a division of the Mediterranean Sea. The window is quite large – tall and wide. While reading the hotel book in our room, one of the instructions read that while the windows can be opened, the ledge (happens to be about 2 feet wide) outside the window is not a balcony and guests should not go out there. (Here on the 22^nd floor, NO problem there).

When we arrived yesterday, we had flown during the evening/night and therefore did not really have a night in which to sleep, other than on the plane, so we were tired when we arrived. We did stay up a while but still took a nap, probably a reason why we slept poorly last night. It’s okay…tonight we will sleep well on the ship.

Here within our room there is no television (other than pay-tv) and no radio. Not a complaint at all, but a realization that I usually have some “noise” going within my realm. How uncomfortable am I with true silence? Something to ponder on this trip. And another thought…it is often only within silence that the One who cares for us can speak to our spirits. Only when there is less distractions can we really listen and hear. As I type I am beginning to see the orange glow of the sun over the clouds along the horizon. Twenty minutes until sunrise (I am not psychic – I looked it up last night on the internet). I think I will sit in silence and watch it. Later…