Do you feel the zest for life as it gets warmer in the Northern Hemisphere? The flowers are blooming, the bees are buzzing, and the activity is picking up. I relish my time out on my balcony each morning. There’s still a hint of coolness in the air, but there’s so much more light shining on the foliage, and the birds are in full song.

Playoff basketball is on, politics is fading from center stage, and the end of the school year is near. Families are gearing up for summer, for family trips and barbecues and pool days, for long hikes and dinners outside and the wild freeness of hot summer nights. As I’ve gotten older, it’s the anticipation before the season that I enjoy the most: late spring, before the summer begins, and mid-autumn. I guess sometimes it’s easier to look forward than to appreciate the gravity of it all in the moment, or just after.

But there’s more than hedonism in the air. We can embrace the throes of society as well as the ones of summer. There is much to be grateful for, and far more to improve. I wonder how we can organize our own Summer of Love, perhaps digitally. We all clamor for love and meaning, and we all share dissatisfaction with the way things are going. It is time for us to coalesce into a global consciousness, one that unites all of humanity and triumphs love. How will we use this summer?