Northern Vermont living this summer has been quite the ride, with torrential rain, lightening storms and humidity that leaves you gasping to pull a breath into your lungs. But today, ahhhh today, is the perfect Vermont day. Upon waking this morning for the first time in a long time, my first thought was that it was actually cold in my house. This even preceded my usual first thought that comes before the feet hit the floor coming out of bed: Coffee.
There was a coolness to the air this morning that surprisingly did not inundate my lungs with heavy moisture. The crystal blue sky seems to go on endlessly like the crystalline expanse of the ocean, dotted with lazily floating clouds which morph into a myriad dance of shapes to ponder. Hours could be spent lazily watching the sky on summer days like this, without a thought to the clock or anything of the mundane physical world. As I sit here reveling in the beauty of natures perfection, there is a light breeze kissing my face and caressing my wind chimes into a gentle melody of peacefulness.
Nature is such a rejuvenating presence when we find, no, make the time to embrace her. Life moves swiftly, yet nature never rushes. It dances along in its own time and cadence. As I sit and absorb all its beautiful gifts, my mind wanders to younger days when there was nothing I had to worry about or get done; when all was taken care of for me so that I could just Be. Memories flit across my mind of lazy days at Clough State Park, endless hours at Wallis Sands State Beach with my family. Now THOSE, were the happy days of my youth when all was right in the world. I am a happy carefree spirit once again as I sit in my nature cathedral, humming John Denver's Sunshine on My Shoulders. Life my friends, is good. There is no more to say than that. Life is good.
