Funny thing is, we are all that dying man

dying man
in roughly three months, Fall will be here (and summer, a memory)

Ask a dying man what’s important in life. Have you ever contemplated this? I have. Almost daily. And have concluded the obvious, his list will be much different, and incredibly shorter than the living man’s.

If this were my last summer, what then?

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Yeah man summer, the good old days

stage
confidently setting the stage for a great season is our responsibility

Can’t help but think about how important confidence is, after watching the American Idol sing offs this year. What does that have to do with Summer? Everything man. Everything. As the clock ticks off each precious day, each precious week, each month, each season…

This summer season…what’s it gonna be? Another good summer, on a long list of good summers? Or, for whatever reasons, the best summer?

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The great summer of 2012

sweet corn
summer time meant sweet corn

While our summer solstice is still three weeks away, I’d like to begin writing with a “summer spirit” today, June 1. Remember summers as kids? Fairly carefree. Innocent, at least until adolescence. No school. No homework. Sleeping in. Often boring. Nothing to do.

Yeah, the good old days….

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Are you pretty sure how June is gonna go?

sunglasses
the future's so bright we gotta wear shades

I anticipate June being very challenging. Full of opportunities to feel overwhelmed – the guilt from serious, hard work can be potentially depressing. Because it is, after all, the advent of “summer vacation”.

What if we saw June as an opportunity to break the traditional rules and love our hard work so differently that by the time July rolls around, we can’t believe how much we learned and how much fun we had.

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