We are a busy lot these days
and the onset of summer is no different.
The nice weather brings so many options of things to do.
The children are coming to the end of their schedules
(which for some reason means there is more to do not less).
And those days are getting longer you know,
look how much you can cram in now!
Arghhhhhh.
Not this year, my friend!
This year we are going to take regular breaks
from this early summer rush, rush
and remember those lazy, hazy days
of the summers we used to have.

Grab an apple and a bag of chips (crisps)
and head on outside if you get a lunch break,
a moment of happily entertained children
or any glorious space of time in your day really.
Actively watch for these tiny snippets of time.
They really do occur.
Grab them with a passion to do
…well to do absolutely nothing if you like.
Be beholden to no one, for just a few minutes.
Lie on a blanket and look at the blue of the sky.
Eat an easy picnic.
Open a few pages of that book you have been waiting to read,
but never got the chance.
Leave the washing up,
that e-mail,
ignore that quick call
to check on that something that can wait.
There is always going to be something to do
the something’s never end.
It is your job to find the moments.
To find them and enjoy them,
without hesitation
or guilt.
Monitor them,
PROTECT them,
savour them.
because...
They are yours and only yours
this month of June!