Jun
22
Written by:
Dennis Atwood
6/22/2010 1:35 PM
It seems as I get older that time is accelerated. Life is lived on the down slope where events and activities whiz by left and right in a blur. Before you know it, your halfway into the next season of the year—which seemed so far off just a few blinks ago. For example, the summer is already racing by and next thing you know we’ll be getting ready for another school year. (And as hot as this summer has already been, we’ll probably welcome the fall.) Springtime for me was so busy that I fear I may drift through the weeks ahead in a summer daze if I don’t become intentional now.
So before I find myself blogging about the summer that slipped away, here are a few of the “must do’s” on my summer bucket list:
1) Read two good books.
2) Set aside twenty minutes a day for reading the scriptures and praying (with no ministerial end in mind).
3) Take a family vacation at the beach.
4) Spend some individual time with each of my three sons.
5) Take my wife on a mystery date.
6) Catch up on all the episodes of 24 and The Office that I missed this spring.
7) Learn to navigate the IPod my family gave me for Father’s Day.
8) Leave my options open for a few spontaneous ideas.
Summer should be a change in pace, a time for re-charging drained batteries—both physically and spiritually—and maybe trying something new for a change. However, the summer (and life itself) will slide right on by if you don’t intentionally chart a course. So if you don’t have your own personalized summer bucket list, now is the time to make one.
Copyright ©2010 Dennis Atwood