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There are seasons of our lives where nothing comes easy. There are no slow sweet mornings

or doodling afternoons, or run bunkshess evenings where you don't know how things might end.

No, things are pretty buttoned up. This has to be done, that has to be finished.

Life is small and tight. People have to be cared for, work has to be accomplished,

or maybe you can't do much of anything anyway because you're recovering from something,

not able to get much traction, or waiting for a yes in a season of no.

And when life is too small, so often, our pleasures dry up.

We have been in a long stretch of pandemic deferment,

putting off experiences because they weren't safe or were impossible,

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