Moving from initiation into elaboration ...how do we transition?

"The imaginative eye sees an enormous transition from initiation to elaboration.  The morning was the beginning; the afternoon is for building upon whatever beginnings we have made, otherwise we don't seem to have the energy for anything new.  It's the reason we don't make important appointments for the afternoon unless we can't help it.  We know the person is past their best at receiving our idea no matter how much the energy of our presentation.  We panic slightly if we intuit there has been no real beginning made in the morning." Crossing the unknown sea..., p. 203-204


Perhaps this is why some of us can just grab a cup of something barrelling out the door... into a car... pounding the pavement ... onto the bus ... the train ... to reach without delay that streetcar named Desire calling us to get on with what we wish to be for this new day.  

David posits that plans for our day do not begin in the morning.  Night prepares us in many ways, organizing what we need available internally to resolve the old and initiate the next best step toward our new day's goals. Morning ushers us on stage to bring life to possibilities in mind.  Many people choose simply as possible to grab home's essentials, shut doors behind us, and making a virtual beeline to the workplace found as is...

However, others of us need to take substantial time in preparing ourselves for this meeting of minds at work.  Many people even get up two hours or more earlier than the time it takes to shower, dress, and be at work.  Morning ushers us onto the stage where life's possibilities are co-created.  Some of us set morning's foot upon this stage engaging personally preparatory props and rituals.   Meditating, jogging,   chanting & stretching our way into oneness with this time and space, right here and right now - special transitions prepare plenty of  minds and hearts to interface deliberately with intentional work.  

More traditonal counterparts might find themselves reading morning papers with a standard breakfast that works for such champions.  Still others become ready for morning work through lifting weights ... or a long hot shower while listening to tunes ...or that just right voice reading aloud this day's news.


At different times in my life, I've selected ways from all of the above.   Different kinds of work and different circumstances may call for changes in how we step onto the day's public stage! What matters perhaps is getting the results that give us strength and staying power to move from initiating a good day's work to elaborating upon this work as the day moves toward evening...