This is The Best Time of the Year
We are in the NBA post season. Today was the first day that I could hear a bird that was up before I was. When I wake up at 6:25 weekday mornings there is already strong sun. Children are preparing for final performances and final projects. Every week someone announces a new outdoor concert, event, offering. Good movies that people care about are coming out. A light jacket or hoodie will be enough in almost every situation. Vacations are being planned. The gym was full this morning with people sweating, lifting weights and enjoying themselves. We are going to get gravel put into half of our yard in preparation for easier and less dog-shit minefield hang out experiences. I’m gonna figure out how to cut my wood into smaller pieces so I can have more productive fires in the solo stove. When you run into someone on the street you can really talk to them for awhile without fear of frostbite. My wife has an e-bike. She can fit all the kids on that e-bike, I can ride on my not e-bike and we can go to places in the neighborhood. When I walk the dog right now I don’t want headphones in because I just want to hear the neighborhood. I want to hear some animals. I want to hear the sunshine (I am not high). I want to hear the energy of this time of year. There aren’t mosquitos yet. It’s not hot. You don’t need sunblock. There is still school. No one is bored. Projects can still get completed at work. It isn’t vacation time willy nilly at my job.
There is good in the world and this is a good time of the year. I know there is lots of shit. Mountains of shit! Independent of the morally bankrupt and corrupt leadership we have at the national level I am also afraid of what social media has done to my brain and to our world. We are facing trying times and I don’t think they will relent for some time. Bright lights will shine through. Counter-responses will be waged. Battles will be won. Battles will be lost. But there is something worth breathing in. So breathe it in with me once more. Post-season, hear the sunshine, outdoor events. Enjoy it.
