it's all about freedom:  freedom from external demands on my time and energy,  freedom from wanting what i can't have,  freedom from expectations (including my own) of who i should be. 

there is the most delicious kind of freedom in getting lost for the day, walking away from the plan in order to follow whatever adventure presents itself before me.

so get lost!  and i say that with high reverence for the spirit that yearns to be free.

summer beckons us to slow down, to rest, and to play more.  for me, that looks like early morning walks along the greenway and paddles out on the river, reading every new book that strikes my fancy, and picnic suppers out on the back porch.  summer is a time to indulge our whims, the desires of our hearts that have lain dormant in the cooler months.

what is your inner child longing for, and how will you respond?