August. In-between weeks when summer slowly transforming into fall. She is certainly still lingering in the air, hot and humid. However, to the attentive ear, subtle whispers of fall can already be heard.

Still, I want to savor every last drop of summer. I want to fully appreciate her, without thinking about fall or what’s ahead.

I just want to be present, here and now, with summer, while she’s still by my side.

We humans have a habit to live in the future, rather than truly appreciate where we are right now. Always striving forward, checking off to-do-lists, wanting more. Never fully satisfied with what is in front of the eye, right now.

Where are you rushing?

And then, suddenly, fall arrives – and I will be reminded of how I neglected summer. By then it’s too late. Too late for that evening swim, the strawberry ice cream dripping down my skirt, the bright golden mornings.

There is till time to savor her; to soak in her beauty and the quiet magic of late summer evenings. This time, I won’t neglect her. I won’t let fall creep in too early. Fall will have her moments when she arrives. But for now, and until then – summer lingers in my heart.