EARLY
RISING
Early-risers are gainers; late-risers are losers. The formers
are healthy, wealthy and wise; the latter are not equally so. There is a
centuries old proverb: The early bird catches the worm.” This proverb is also
abbreviated as “An Early Worm.” It means that someone will have an advantage if
he/she does something immediately or before other people do it.
The minimum benefits of early rising
are: availability of fresh air which is essential for disease-free health;
increased work output; mental alertness; lower stress and opportunity for offering
prayers to God.
Those who rise early get time to
watch natural beauties. These are the blowing
of un-polluted air, the spotless sky, the chirpings of birds, the scene of sun-
rising, the rare silence of the new day, and the opportunity for morning walk which
is essential for good health.
The English poet laureate Robert
Southey (1774-1843) said : “Whoever has tasted he breath of morning, knows that
the most invigorating and delightful hours of the day are commonly spent in
bed, though it is the evident intention of nature that we should profit by
them.”
According to the English cleric ,
writer and collector Charles Caleb Colton
(1780-1832) : “Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of
years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy
more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.”
Finally, this short quote: Lose an
hour in the morning, and you will be all day hunting for it,” --- English
academic Richard Whately (1787-1863).
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G.R.Kanwal
3rd September 2024
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