The summer has been hotter than usual and everyone is ready for some cooler weather, which we are getting this weekend in New Jersey. It is bittersweet, this enjoyment of the last weekend of summer. School is beginning and regular schedules are about to be re-imposed on many of us. Soon, the bitter winds of winter will be here and we will certainly yearn for the summer heat, forgetting how miserable it has made us.
What to do? Enjoy today. It is a time to eat and play and gather. No bleak talk about the work week to come, the icicles we anticipate, or the diets we plan before the winter holidays roll in. Soak up the moment, savor the weather and the foods and the company. Appreciate, absorb, internalize. Drink in the day as if you are a sponge, and be filled with good feelings and intentions that will carry you into the “new year” with lightness and joy.
Pause at the beginning of the day to set an intention for joy. Return to that intention often during the day, and recall it again before you sleep at night. The joy is now.
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