Lazy, Hazy Summertime!

Finally, after months of confinement, we find ourselves able to visit with friends again, albeit cautiously, and usually outside. We can go swimming. We can sit on a chaise lounge and drink a tall, cold glass of lemonade. Ahhh! Summer.

For some reason, summer is sort and pitch time for me. I just have an urge to toss out what is no longer needed to make room for the new. For me, fall is the New Year, and I am hopeful it will bring us all good things.

During this year’s sort and pitch I came across this beautiful little poem:

The Edge of Center

All tempest has,

Like a navel,

A hole in its middle,

Through which

A gull can fly,

In silence.

—14th century Japanese, Anonymous

While sitting in the shade, glass of lemonade in hand, I can really connect with that ‘hole in the middle’. It is wonderful, at least sometimes, to be able to connect with that clear, beautiful spot in our souls.

May you be blessed with many such quiet, meaningful, contented moments this summer.