Summer is here! There is something about spring and summer that brings me such inexplicable joy! The uncovering of the earth from the snow and ice, the dressing of trees with new leaves and blossoms, the growing of fresh green grass on the ground we tread, the beautiful flowers that cannot seem to be contained from every corner of the earth and the strong glaring sun that causes all these things to flourish in abundance! I look at all this beauty and sometimes I feel as if my feeble body will not be able to take in everything it senses. And these moments, of awe and wonder and contentment, they usually occur when I pull my mind away from tasks and goals and take a look at the world around me. Does it ever amaze you that the beauty of the world just sits there as we walk to and fro with our worries and hopes and dreams? Sometimes I wonder whether God shakes His head at the blessing we miss out on when we belittle the magnificence of our very existence. People argue about whether there i...