Fireflies don’t last all summer. Sit outside on the warm nights while they’re still blinking.

Short seasons are easy to miss by assuming they are long. Fireflies run for a few weeks rather than a summer, and by the time you notice you had meant to sit outside more, the window has shut without announcing itself. Most good things in a year are built like that. The mistake is not laziness; it is believing there is more time than there is.

Go out on the warm nights while they are actually here. This week, not in August. Take a chair, take whoever is around, and stay out until it gets cold.