Vol III: #9 Thanks for the Heat
The sun over Redding is relentless today. This time of year, it always is. Days are long and cloudless with the only reprieve coming early in the morning before the sun has a chance to set the day ablaze. I’ve come to cherish each morning for the blessing it is. And, I find strength in knowing the peak of the heat is over as we march onward to autumn and the coolness the new season will bring. Thank God for cycles and seasons and the opportunities they alone provide.
We humans are intent on shaping Nature to our will despite the best plan being to work with her. When the days are shortest and drool on with rain and mist, all I need do is recall the warmth to come in late spring and my mind is refreshed by knowing this chill shall pass. And though I can buy strawberries any time of year, they taste sweetest in the spring when it right they should do so. Thank God for the heat and the bugs it destroys, and for air conditioning, and the Fall to come.
Every season has a reason for thanksgiving and hope and joy.
