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Editor Joan Ritchie's editorial from this week's issue of The Moose Jaw Express.
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“Less than a month ago, all of August still stretched before us – long and golden and reassuring, like an endless period of delicious sleep.” ―Lauren Oliver

We all are quickly wrapping up our summer fun, heading into the beginning of September.  I can already here those school bells ringing. 

It’s hard not to feel just a little bit sad at the thought, but c’est la vie; it is what it is and there’s a lot more living, learning, loving and life still to come.  

I happened across a lovely website https://www.fillingthejars.com/last-days-of-summer-quotes-for-august/ with some great quotes and thoughts to ease your August woes, so Carpe diem and make the best of them!

“Did you know that a bee dies after he stings you? And that there’s a star called Aldebaran? And that around the tenth of August, any year, you can look up in the sky at night and see dozens and dozens of shooting stars?” – Elizabeth Enright

Even if it’s not the tenth of August, I highly recommend getting away to a place where you can really SEE the stars at night.

And while you could do this at any time of the year, there’s just something special about being outside on a late summer night and contemplating the questions of the universe.

“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen – that stillness becomes a radiance.” – Morgan Freeman

How often do you take the time to be still? Our lives have become so busy that we rarely indulge in stillness.

Yet, August is the perfect time to do exactly that. Step back from the rush of preparing for the next season. Take time each day to sit and be still. If you can get outside and sit in nature, even better!

“Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.” – Jim Rohn

This is so true. Do you ever find yourself thinking ‘I wish summer would end and autumn would just GET HERE.’ Or you tell yourself that after X and Y happen, then you will have time to do something that makes you happy.

Don’t do that to yourself. Don’t wish for time to disappear, and don’t base your happiness on passing certain milestones.

Instead, create happiness every day. Trust me, come December or 20 years from now, you’ll be glad you took every opportunity to be happy.

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha

While this is true of any season, it’s a wonderful reminder. Let’s be inspired to strive to bring happiness to others, and to not be afraid to share in the happiness they offer to us.

Accepting happiness is just as important as offering it ourselves.

“August is like the Sunday of summer.” – Unknown

Isn’t it, though? There are so many conflicting emotions about Sundays, and the exact same is true about the last days of summer.

You think about all the things you wish you had accomplished.

You try to fit in just a few more of those things before ‘real life’ begins again.

You bemoan the end of the lazy time, yet you relish the idea of getting back into a regular routine.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.  

 

 

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