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Morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me.

— Henry David Thoreau

Painterly tall green grass blade holding dew drops against a lavender and gold dawn.
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A meditation on morning describes it less as a fixed time of day and more as an internal state, arguing that true morning happens whenever a person feels newly alert and inwardly illuminated, regardless of the clock.

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