Discovery

It's been a little over a week since the beginning of summer.

Crazy, right? You never truly realize when summer is because it just seems to creep up. The end of May brings so many prosperous feelings of joy and excitement for what the next months have in store. Especially in Colorado, the change from the other 3 seasons (essentially one giant season of cold) to summer is incredibly noticeable, as the beautiful girls get their chance to shine in their sun dresses and the boys throw on the tank tops and flip flops. I feel like summer has this aura to it, similar to the way I feel Christmas does - everyone just seems so happy and care free and lives life like it should be lived: unbounded. I made this same sort of post before about summer, mostly because it's my favorite season. I'm currently sat out on my deck out back in a folding chair, sipping on a strawberry banana smoothie and I just cracked open the new Daft Punk vinyl that came in the mail for me yesterday.

How could you be upset with that?

So far summer has treated me with many of its casual delights: warm, sunny days; fluffy, silver lined clouds; and mild, starry nights. I try my best not to take these sights for granted, because I know soon that these days will be gone and we'll retreat back to the regularity of our lives. Most of the fun and freedom that summer holds will be revoked with the bitter cold and the grey drone of sky. It's exactly for this reason that summer is so cherished in my heart; a spark of magic that brings old friends back together, adventures to be remembered for a lifetime, memories that shall not soon fade. I never really understood those who didn't care for summer. Perhaps some aren't quite akin to the exposure of the sun, but really that's the only reason I can imagine. Can they not see the beauty of what Earth lays all around them? The gentle rattle of the trees, the songs of the morning birds, the glitter of the cascading waves...so much to see.

Why not see it?

Seriously, this post was really nothing more than just appreciation for summer. Appreciate it. There may be more negatives than positives in your current situation, but let mother nature and all of your friends and the aura about show you what there is. Certainly the reasons I gave for loving summer aren't the only reasons to love it. This summer has just opened the world to me to behold all of the sights and all of the amazing and incredible feats that have been accomplished over time. A bit of an optimistic viewpoint, maybe, but there is truly beauty in everything you find.

Discover something new, everyone.