President's Day

President's Day is one of the few National Holidays in America. Americans are very much oriented towards work and so have few holidays. Some might say that Americans like work so much that every day is a holiday, which is why many choose to go into their office on the weekends.

There really isn't much of a guide as to how Americans are supposed to each of their holidays, except for the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving. From what I understand, President's Day is sort of like the official birthday for the Presidents, starting with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. So, what does that mean on a practical level? Are you supposed to bake a birthday cake or eat some special food? Honestly, I don't know.

I plan on making another batch of the cocoa Martin Luther King Junior pancakes in celebration of President Barack Obama's birthday. Why not? Also, since it is particularly cold. Today it may have gotten up to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, which sounds warm to a European used to the Metric System. Tomorrow, President's Day, it is supposed to be similarly cold. My yoga studio will be open in the afternoon, so, I think I will save money, and help save the planet, by turning off the cooling system and just opening up the windows. Usually, I try to keep the place at just above freezing, but sometimes it does the body good to experience nature in a natural way. We are natural beings and so we should not be afraid of the bounty that nature gives us. Swami Anand tells us that what is natural is nurturing. Just as sometimes a mother can be angry, so to can nature. It is for us to accept nature as it is, without complaint. We should accept nature with joy, for nature has bred us just as our mothers bore us. Without them, we would be as much nothing as the emptiest empty place in space.