Hey Sunshine!
Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS
I’m not saying everyone celebrates Memorial Day.
Yet, it still has this official start of the summer feeling.
People expect the weather to cooperate and be good.
People usually plan on that first barbecue of the season. Even if they don’t like hamburgers or hotdogs.
Everyone expects to at least savor the smell of roasting coals as they saunter outside.
These are signs that usher in the summer.
And everyone who has a pool knows this is the big day to have it open by. That is, everyone but their pool company. Because they seem to have a whole different mindset. They operate as if they figure if they get it working right before the snow sets in- they’ve done an awesome job.
The swing sets are replaced or buffed up. And certainly, baby swings are added or removed, as the years progress demands. The trampolines are unburied from under the leaves, and the back-yard furniture is unstacked and placed out. Even the whole watermelon is purchased! And all is ready for your use.
And then everyone sits down and waits for sunshine…. As if all this preparation will naturally bring the sunshine in. We’ve sent men to outer space and are planning for cars that drive themselves but, we still haven’t figured out how to create a sunny day if Gd doesn’t deliver it to us.
Memorial Day means remembrance, and yet year in and year out we can’t remember the weather is iffy.
That beautiful optimism we display is what makes us so special.
Human beings always have the capacity to choose. And time and again we choose summer prep.
We want it and we are ready for it.
And if chewing on a hotdog or swinging on a swing makes us feel it’s arrived then ultimately why get hung up with whether the weather cooperates? We’d love it to, but we won’t let it stand in our way.
So, here’s to hoping it’s a beautiful, relaxing weekend. But, if not — then hope you find things to do that warm the cockles of your heart and herald in the summer for you!
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com