"On Not Too......"

Heading out to the backyard this morning to pick some fresh strawberries for my cereal, I left the back door wide open.  I thought about closing it, but decided against it as the outside air temperature was just right.  I was raised to close doors so either the cold or the hot air couldn't come into the house, changing the inside temperatures.  Obviously to no avail, but the effort was there. 

Leaving doors and drawers open is nothing new for me.  It is one of those quirks that makes me "me."  My now-9-year-old grandgirl used to go behind me as a toddler closing them.  We worked well together.

As I was picking the ruby red, succulent, little gems of fruit I found myself thinking that this time of the year, the period at the end of Spring and the beginning of Summer just might be my favorite time of the year.  I have always classified Fall as my favorite, but that may be changing.  This is the time of the year when things are "not too."  It is still not too dry, not too wet;  the temperatures are not too cold, not too hot. 

Unconsciously, I am always searching for that optimum, that point in my life that falls in the category of "not too."  I like it when I'm not too busy, not too bored; when my work schedule is neither too full nor too empty;  when I'm not too full nor too hungry, my social calendar not too packed or too empty.  I love it when my hair is neither too long nor too short; found it ideal when my children were not too old, not too little.

There are some for whom life is at its best when the limits are reached, when they are living on the edge, being pushed for all they are worth.  Still for others, the opposite end of the spectrum is desired, where there is no pressure at all.  "Just right" varies from person to person.  We are such individual creations and, while my life is a treasure regardless of the circumstances, I suspect I will always be trying to find and settle into that point of what is  "not too," but "just right"  for me.  One thing about it though, "just right" never lasts very long, so you have to be sure to catch it while you can.