Summer's here. School’s out. Graduation caps fly and the flowers bloom. It's warm and golden outside, life unfolding with possibilities. Nature calls: trees, birds, bees… swimming, camping, hiking, or doing nothing at all.

Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset once said, “All we are given is possibilities — to make ourselves one thing or another.” Sometimes, what we make is peace, rest, and time to just be.

Wholesome laziness is not sloth—it’s wisdom. A nap in the breeze, a book in the shade, a fan humming gently. It's recuperation, not procrastination. “Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now,” joked comic Steven Wright, with a wink of truth.

Even the greats get tired. Former IRS commissioner Mortimer Caplan quipped, “Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.” And wisecracking ventriloquist Charlie McCarthy added, “Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy.”