It just came across NBC News: January 7th is the hardest day of the year to get out of bed. A depression has set in.
There are four reasons.
1) Christmas and New Year are behind us. The celebrations are over..
2) The bills for our over-spending in November and December have arrived on the kitchen table.
3)Winter is here in earnest. It is frigid outside and the car is in the driveway covered in snow.
4)Work and the prospect of another six months without vacation awaits us.
There is a powerful urge to pull the sheets over our head and stay where we are in bed.
If you are listed above, I have included a picture of my "Eagles Rug" that I picked up on my travels.
When I get up in the morning I "hit the eagles".
I am reminded of Isaiah 40:40
"They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings of eagles"
Some day it takes a little longer than others to get airborne, but by mid-morning I have usually 'caught the thermals' and am flying 'above the circumstances'
Want an Eagle Rug ? Ali Musharraf has a stall on the road to Khyber, just North of Peshawar.
He will sell you one for about $20:00; a bargain at the price if it helps you to get airborne on January 7th.
Jubilate.
Ian
