Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to watch the sun rise or set.

If you're in the northern hemisphere these days, the rising and setting happen at times that you are probably awake

and seeing this daily miracle can connect you to nature and be a great occasion for awe.

Today's tip like a few others I've talked about lately, comes from Melissa Stegenis's book, Everyday Mindfulness.

This book features over a hundred ideas for building moments of calm and observation into daily life.

Tip number 68 is to watch the sun rise or set.

Watching the sun rise and set is a simple practice that can feel so

magical, Melissa writes. Not only can you observe the opening and closing of the day,

but you also get a front row seat to a live art show in the sky.

As we all know, even a relatively modest sunrise or sunset can be beautiful.

The good ones can just blow your mind. And the crazy

thing is we get two opportunities a day to see this. Wow. In other words, attending this awe-inspiring show is pretty easy.

Check your weather app to see when the sun is rising and setting over the next few days.

Choose a day when there won't be complete

cloud cover. Then go outside or sit near a big window and watch. In my neck of the

woods the sun is rising around 640 a.m. and setting around 4.45 p.m. these days and so it's not like this requires waking up at 4 a.m. or anything.

But it's easy enough not to pause and notice because, hey, the sun does rise and

set every day. Thank goodness. It always happens, so it's easy not to notice it happening. This morning on the other hand I

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