Here the simple joy of free being is manifest.
For a while, at least, these wonderful young souls are released from the burdensome demand of expectation.
Here, now, laughter and joy ripple across the warm lake water and the raft they created steers toward imagination and adventure.
These moments of liberation can create openings into deeper truths or perhaps no more than memories of a time well spent.
They are a precious gift we can offer to child and adult alike.
Photo courtesy of the author.