In case you didn’t notice it, daylight savings time ended at 2 AM this morning. DST was first conceived as a way to get more work out of people by having longer daylight work hours. Then Germany used it as a way to conserve coal in World War I, followed by the U.S. to conserve energy and get more work out of people.
The idea of daylight savings time was to give us longer days, but as October comes, the mornings are darker. And then with Halloween mania it was extended until the first Sunday in November. It’s nice to be back on Standard Time, the sky becoming light by 6 AM instead of 7.
The animals don’t respond to our idea o time but to nature’s. The birds are beginning to wake up and the feral cat is setting on the deck wondering why its breakfast hasn’t yet been provided. As we get home from work in the dark I figure its’s just a way of telling me to pay attention to the piles of books and magazines that weren’t read during the summer when I was busy tending to the garden.
Prayer for the Day
Searching for truths you would impart to us, O God,
We place our minds and hearts before you today;
Seeking to discern the meaning of your Word for us,
We come in humility and gratitude for all you are.
Open our hearts to your spirit of inclusive welcome,
Embracing all our brothers and sisters as your children.
In the name of the One who is our guide,
Even Christ Jesus our Lord, Amen.
Thoughts for the Day
In November, the earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed a bed for flowers and small creatures.
Cynthia Rylant, children’s book author and librarian
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.
Stanley Horowitz, American energy scientist (1925-2022)
O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have mae them all;
The earth is full of your creatures.
Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there,
Living things both small and great.
Psalm 104: 24-25
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