It has been very hot in recent months with the
humidity being in the high double digits.
I remember telling someone in San Antonio when I first moved there that
the heat felt like it was going to last forever. She replied, “Yes, it does. But one day it is just cooler and it keeps getting that way.”
Today is the day at it got cooler. It was 58 degrees when I got up this
morning. It felt so good that we
took our two puppies out for a walk around the neighborhood. When we got home, I took my coffee out
on the patio and savored the hot and cool at the same time.
I realized that what I was experiencing was the
magnificence of life. Life gives
us the varieties in order to keep us interested and engaged in what is going
on. If it were all the same, I
know I would have this tendency to quickly fall into what I am going to call
being “asleep.” For a long time, I
walked through life asleep – not really paying attention to what was going on
or where I was going.
Consequently, because of that, I have huge gaps in
my memory of what my life was like during those periods. I can’t remember if I was happy, sad, or
who my friends were or what I was interested in during that time. How sad.
Not only do I want to pay attention to the
weather, but to pay attention to my life; the ups and downs are here for a
purpose and I want to experience all of it. I invite you to join me.
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