Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Summer”
“Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.” ~Winston S. Churchill Dear Universe, I can’t believe it’s …
“Take time to notice the things others are overlooking.” Dear Universe, I consider myself blessed because I notice signs fairly frequently. I say this with no mathematical evidence to back this up or a graph tracking my days, but I say it because often I’ll be with people and I’m the only one noticing, pointing, explaining and taking the …
“Love is light for the soul.” ~Lailah Gifty Akita Dear Universe, As you know, I am always on the lookout for signs in whatever way you want to deliver them to me. That’s why I couldn’t help but notice a certain message all around me while I was in London and Paris. Love. Love in London: The trip started …
arrivederci: until we see each other again “Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” ~Anita Desai Dear Universe, There are certain places in the world you will never forget no matter how much time passes or how far you go. For me, the Almalfi Coast is one of these places. Beautiful doesn’t even begin to cover it. …
“When we speak of magic we should speak of those moments that were the purest, when the stars were bright and when laughter was loud. Those are the most magical moments in life.” Dear Universe, Most of us, at some point or another, have probably wished that life would come with an instruction manual. Naturally this manual would have a …
“Deepest joy is like a flower….beautiful in essence.” ~Tony Samara Dear Universe, I have discovered—or rather re-discovered—something about myself. I like gardening. Specifically, I like planting flowers, caring for them and watching them bloom. Years ago, I would plant flowers in the spring and tend to them. I always enjoyed it. I don’t know why I forgot that. Life can …
“To everything – turn, turn, turn There is a season – turn, turn, turn And a time for every purpose under heaven…” ~The Byrds Dear Universe, It seems I spent most of the past six months wishing for spring and summer to be here. March went on with its sluggish pace as it always seems to. April fooled and teased …
“One must maintain a little bittle of summer, even in the middle of winter.” ~Henry David Thoreau Dear Universe, It’s hard to believe summer is coming to an end. But it’s true! The proof is all around me! The sun is setting earlier. The temperature is dipping lower and lower at night. And yesterday I saw parents moving their kids …