Beginning

I guess, it is fitting that as I was running to the grocery store tonight, mourning the loss of summer....I should see a hot air balloon.  It took my breath away, as seeing a hot air balloon always does.  It made me pause and think back to July...a time when I am always excited to begin summer.   It is a time I look forward to all year....anxious to see the hot air balloons take off.  And it made me realize that, a new season is upon me ...about to begin....and it will be what I make it .   I choose to make it great.

So, as a dear friend of mine is known to say....and I will paraphrase here, because I am not sure if I have it exactly right.  'Life is what you make it.  You can choose to make it chicken s**t or chicken salad.  I choose chicken salad.'

“And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings.” 

~ Meister Eckhart