Week #254 – Summer Fun List: Hit the Porch! (…or deck, or patio, or tailgate…)
Greetings Happyness Tribe — and Happy Friday!
I recently returned to Los Angeles from a whirlwind visit back home at the Jersey Shore. It was another fast and busy trip centered around a yearly concert in Ocean Grove’s Great Auditorium — which is always one of the single busiest weeks of the summer (and this year, one of the hottest!).
Between singing in the concert and grabbing slices of time with family — there wasn’t much time to schedule other activities, visits, or downtime.
Which always makes porch-hopping so precious!!!
Porch-hopping is a special kind of visiting…no planning, no deadlines, no expectations. You simply make yourself available and see who passes by! It’s not a date for an entire day or evening…it’s grab-and-go. Take what you can. Just a few precious moments of eternal NOW.
And you learn to make it count!
For “the town where time stands still” — summers move pretty fast in Ocean Grove! After three years now in Southern California, where there’s always another beautiful day, I could really feel the frenzy. Running here, running there, trying to “get it all in.”
The only way to still time, it seems…is to be still myself.
We’re just about at the end of July. If you feel like your summer is flying by, going too fast, or slipping through your fingers…don’t panic. Power down! Make yourself available. Hit the porch (or deck, or patio, or tailgate…)!
Your Happyness Challenge for the Week Ahead: Hit the Porch! Whether you have a porch, deck, patio, balcony, or tailgate — pull up a chair, take a load off, sit a spell, have a chat, visit a bit, or rock a while! Watch the traffic pass, cars park, people walk by, critters hard at work, nature doing her thing, or just observe the world moving about while you sit still. Invite someone to join you. Share a glass of something cold, have a conversation, meet a neighbor, visit with friends, or get to know just a little bit more about your very own family.
The world is moving fast…make porch time a priority this week!
Spread Happyness — tell me, what’s your favorite place for a nice long sit?
7/26/19 by Grace Church
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