Summering: Moving into August (Bonus S20)

So the email begins.

Hey, my lovely.

I always find it interesting how as summer heightens, I feel the urge to retreat.

Not in an, ah, I must get away from it all way more of an, oh, this is also lovely.

I want to savor it way.

And it also holds an edge of wanting to be quiet.

This being the time of year when everything is so brightly visible, it can get tiring and whatever the season, we always need time to rest.

It's a different kind of retreat from wintering.

Maybe we could coin a new concept and call it summering.

So what does summering hold for you? Is there time off, time away, managing school holidays, wishing you could be away but too many things pulling at your time and attention? It's easy, of course, to assume that everyone is doing the same as us, or managing it all better than us, whatever that might mean.

Whatever this time holds, I hope you're able to create some time that truly is just for you, whether that's spent with others you love to be with, in your own company, or accompanied by strangers with shared purpose.

I wrote a poem last year sometime.

It was in response to a conversation I had with a loved one.

The poem said the words my heart was feeling when we spoke.

I often find that journaling, whether prose or poetry, helps me shape my thoughts more clearly and helps me see the meaning within my emotion.

I'm sharing those words here in case they speak to something within you too.