Monday, July 21, 2014

Where did the summer go???

It's sad to see the first piece of paper ad for "Back to School Sales!"  Are we "back to school" already?  Where did the summer go????

So, we've had an unusually cool summer in Chicago this year -- sometimes it makes me feel like summer is hiding somewhere, and I am sadly missing my most favorite season!!  Still trying to take my morning walk every day when possible, and definitely every night when I'm not traveling.  Each day, during my night walk, I ask myself the same questions: Did I fully enjoy today?  Six months from now, would I still remember today?  What made today a special day?  I've made my effort to be more present, to be more attentive to the world around me, and to remember to "stop and smell the roses..."

But still, time flies -- it's just a very sad truth!!!

Listen to your life.  See it for the fathomless mystery that it is.  In the boredom and pain of it, no less than in the excitement and gladness: touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it, because in the last analysis, all moments are key moments, and life itself is grace.

-- Frederick Buechner   

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