4 Summer Fun Ideas by Cheryl Petersen

Attend a Class on Spirituality

Do a little investigating, and discover what local church is hosting a weekend retreat that you could join. There are many non-denominational Church Camps that welcome families and people from different faiths.

Colleges offer Personal Enrichment Classes. Schools often have summer programs that include classes on mindful living. If it is easier to work from home, you can sign up for online classes offered by Schools of Theology and Ministry, or by spiritual leaders around the world.

The topics of spiritual study are so wide and diverse that it is fun to probe a topic you wouldn’t ordinarily consider. Time devoted can vary from one day, to a weekend, to a few weeks, but it allows for meeting new people and entertaining new ideas.

Use Your Talent at the Local Nursing Home

Too often we hide our talents. Mainly, because most of us didn’t take the hours and hours required to fine tune the talent. So, we tend to blow it off as not worth mentioning. But our talents are worth our attention, and people in nursing homes are our best supporters and audiences.

Can you play a few songs on the piano? Can you recite a poem? Do you draw or paint? Do you collect rocks? Did you build a model car? Did you repair a shoe? Did your child just learn how to tie a shoe?

Well, folks in nursing homes love to hear and see all this. I’ve even discovered, that these folks have a wealth of knowledge that when listened to, teach us how to keep improving our talents. Best of all, these folks don’t have unreasonable expectations. I can return the next month, or year, and still feel encouraged, although I made what seems to be negligible progress.