When it’s cold we spend our time inside hiding from the elements in our overheated homes and classrooms.

We have days off school when the serious winter weather hits. Last weekend we had a day and a half off school for a few inches of snow we could easily walk through.

We mostly celebrated the second winter break indoors, killing ourselves in idleness.

This is a complete waste; we get days off school when we’ll already be spending our time inside.

We need to take the opposite approach.

We need days off school for beautiful weather, days when people will enjoy the raw beauty outside the classroom.

Days when we will get out of our boxes to feel the natural draw of trees, birds and flowers that make this land so beautiful.

Though it may come to naught, there is already talk of school closing for today’s coming storm.

If we close for snow, we should also close for sun. We need to promote our chi, our inner soul, by allowing time to commune with nature.

We don’t get that on snowy days. Too many people hide their box houses, shunning the basic idea of the natural world.

We may as well be in class at this time.

But when the sun is shining, we should spend all the time we can in it, feeling the sun’s rays and remember an honest motivation to get out of bed in the morning.

Our only extra days out of school this semester are spring break. The administration should surprise us with a random beautiful day off school in April. A day we’ll really enjoy.

It may be the best surprise they’ve ever given us.

A day for our souls.