Summers fly. They always have. Time takes a vacation - or so it seems - from June to August. If only it were true. If minutes would drag into days, and the days would drag into weeks, and so on and so on until the ticking of the clock becomes meaningless....just for three months.
The heat drives one into water or AC. Grills are fired up and fill the air with good smells.
June bugs and fireflies will appear on porches and in bushes. Mosquitoes will annoy. Crickets will sing their songs at night. Stars will not appear until late in the evening and sidewalks will sizzle at midday.
Without abandoning the call of F-R-E-E-D-O-M and spontaneity altogether, take a slightly different road from the ordinary. Make 2013 a summer of good, intentional, thoughtful planning. Engage to "conquer" mode. Make a deliberate list of kind and helpful ways to serve others.
Visit a nursing home.
Visit a grandma...any grandma.
Wash some one's dishes.
Go grocery shopping for someone.
Weed a yard.
Read a book...for yourself or out loud to a child of any age.
Do devotionals at mealtime
Let kids cook dinner.
While there are zoos, museums, ball games, and such to enjoy for a fee, there are just as many other things to take part in that cost nothing at all....except a little effort.
The point I am trying to make is 'don't waste your summer'. It is screaming to be embraced with reckless abandon. Take steps to add some random acts of kindness. It will be a summer worth remembering.
Just recently my family met for a potluck dinner at my mom's. As we gathered to eat at the table and living room (I think there were 19 of us), I took a survey of favorite John Wayne movies. Without any hesitiation at all, people were yelling, "McLintock! The Quiet Man! Hondo! Chisolm! North to Alaska! True Grit!" Hmmm. I see a movie night in the making, Pilgrim. Happy Summering!
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