Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Summer

Schoolchildren and workaholics alike spend their year counting down to those three wonderful months: June, July and August. What is it about summer? Perhaps, it is the hot sun that beams down on us as we drink lemonade outside. Or is it vacationing around the world, traveling and seeing places we’ve only read about? Most children would answer that it is the break from school: no homework, no tests, no reports. Whatever the reason, it is impossible to deny that there is something magical about that summer season. We crave it the whole year and rejoice when it finally arrives.

Personally, I believe what allows summer to have its almost bewitching hold on us is its potential and prospects. No one knows what to expect from those steamy summer months. Anything can happen. Each day we wake up to the rising sun, filled with hope and anticipation. It is a time when anything and everything can and will happen. A time of goal chasing and dream catching.

What do you think? What does summer mean to you?


Olivia

10 comments:

  1. great article! makes me want summer even more! i definitely agree, just the idea of summer is amazing, being free all day, and the potential of what you can do.

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  2. i agree with hannah. I am needing summer now. make it come faster.

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  3. I agree completely. I find the summer an excellent season for creating and achieving goals. With much time to spare, I can focus my energy on striving to do my best.

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  4. summers time for fun, its would definatly be good fr joy rides, enjoynig the sun, fun and hapiness

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  5. Very true. We, as humans, crave freedom and a time full of possibility.

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  6. a great article. however, some people still have work during the summer. in fact, MOST people still have work in the summer. soooo yeah...even though students get time off during the summer, which is AMAZING, a lot of people don't get very much break. but great insight!

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  7. But, even if you have to work in the summer you get way more time off. I get 4 of my 7 weeks off during the summer YES. Cant wait for that vacation to England

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  8. Did Meredith or Olivia write this blog post?

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  9. Great post!! I love alit!!

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