It is the most exquisite day.

Summer. Bright hot.

The kind of day that lifts the soul.

Beautiful.

Still.

Shimmering.

“We do not know how long we’ve got here. We don’t know when fate will intervene. We cannot discern God’s plan. What we do know is that with every minute that we’ve got, we can live our lives in a way that takes nothing for granted. We can love deeply. We can help people who need help. We can teach our children what matters, and pass on empathy and compassion and selflessness. We can teach them to have broad shoulders.”

Extract from Barack Obama Eulogy for Beau Biden. Read more here

Picture by Mindy Carpenter