Our Lives Are Like A Day In June

Weekly Message

Tom Seymour

June 1, 2014

Every Day is Special

Poet James Russell Lowell once asked, “What is so rare as a day in June?” I read this as a child and every June, Lowell’s classic verse comes back to me. Let’s dig into it a little bit and see what makes a day in June so special.

Today, June 1, brings us to a special place on the calendar of natural events. It’s still spring and not yet summer. June heralds a season of change. By observing closely, we can see this change occurring on a daily basis. The grass on our lawns grows so rapidly now that we say, “I can’t believe it. I just mowed it two days ago and it needs mowing again.”

Likewise, songbirds show changes too. Birds that were very much in evidence a month earlier are now conspicuously absent because they are nesting, waiting for their eggs to hatch.

Even the weeds in our garden demonstrate the fast-paced nature of the sixth month of the year. So Lowell had a point and his point was that if we don’t absorb this wonderful month of June, if we don’t immerse ourselves in it and enjoy every beautiful, life-filled, even sensual moment of it, June will slip away before we know it.

Our lives are like the month of June. Sure some things are tough, difficult, even bad. But not everything is bad. Most of all, we need to focus on today, what we might do to contribute to the better good, the common weal, how we might enjoy and appreciate every precious moment on this earth.

Know this. Every year is different for us, every month is different in our lives, every day is special and every minute is another minute that we never had before and will never have again.

God gives us this life and he wants for us to enjoy it. But it’s our choice whether to smile or frown. We can also choose to look deeper into the workings of each day and to benefit from our time here. Our lives are indeed like a day in June.

To paraphrase Lowell, let me ask this. What’s so rare as a day in our lives? The answer is nothing. Each day in our lives is special and nothing can compare. So thank God for each morning, whether the sun shines or rain falls. It’s our special sun-filled day and it’s our rainy day. Taste. Examine. Exhault. And enjoy.