I have had the pleasure this week of having lunch on a patio twice, and both times the people I was with remarked that it is such a short time here in our part of Ontario when you can enjoy the patio, we should make the most of it. It is a commonly understood sentiment that the good weather passes so quickly that we need to embrace it with both hands. In both cases the atmosphere was perfect, warm sun and a little breeze with an umbrella for shade. We were able to make that determination because we all know the weather patterns and the rhythm of the year. I got to thinking though, how often we don’t know what is next, that we can’t say that this could be time limited and therefore we should make the most of it, in lots of cases, we take much for granted. Things do wind down to an end, seasons change, people change jobs, move away, change priorities or sometimes people pass away from our lives. There is in fact a temporariness to so much, almost all our decisions could be made with a patio rationale. We should enjoy this now, we may not pass this way again. Sometimes we talk about the fear of missing out that can make us overextend ourselves, which is true we need to be careful about our time and energy. I think also though, there are times when we need to engage the patio thinking, yes there is a climate controlled, bug free option, but the chance to enjoy outside is only here for a limited time. Its all only here for a limited time, lets make choices accordingly, bugs and all.
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