Who Said They Could Do This?

You hafta know what day, month, and year it is for various reasons, yet getting to this point has been tangled and not settled yet. Early plant tribes watched the sun and felt the air to know when to plant and harvest as a definition of time. Egyptians, maybe, had a twelve month calendar of 30 days with 5 extra thrown in to round it out. This was concurrent with those who chose to use a lunar calendar which flowed to a requirement of 28 days. The Romans had a calendar until the Julian calendar corrected some flaws. Now those ubiquitous computers have calendar options to note your days and that brings me to my current problem.

Though there is a difference of opinion, I like my year to start in January. I understand school in September, yet have no idea why a day planner has to begin in a July I have already lived through to December of 2024 and am almost in the middle of another year. 2025 needs to include only months with that designation. I am now finishing the month of June at the end of one of those hybrid models and at the front am changing the dates of days for July to match this year instead of last. That is mainly so when my doctor’s office texts that I have an appointment next Tuesday at 10:30, I won’t worry that I am a year late. I am already on the search for a 2026 book running from January 1 at the beginning to December 31 right before the back cover.

God in His wisdom gave us only seven days to count on. Each one can have its designation according to our wishes. We can wash clothes on Monday as the children’s song declares or we can go to a yoga class or fly to New York for five days. A week later we can repeat or move ahead and still feel rooted in the idea of a week. So today I have a list (I always have a list). Completion will give me joy and satisfaction. What is required of this day fits in the slot of this year allotted to it and I already know what to say

³¹ And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. Genesis 1;31