By Benjamin GroffMedia© | benandsteve.com | 2025 Truth Endures©

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Today, the sun feels closer than usual. The heat presses in like a truth we’ve been avoiding—no politics, no noise, just sweat and breath and reality. July does that. It slows everything down, strips away distractions, and leaves us standing face-to-face with ourselves.

Across the country, people are pausing. People stop to wipe their brow. They take a drink of water or just breathe. There’s a strange unity in the stillness that heat brings. We complain, but the heat has a way of making us kinder, more patient. It reminds us we’re all in this together.

Today is a good day to check on a neighbor. Forgive something petty. Laugh with a stranger. Be the breeze someone needs.

Because on days like this, what matters most isn’t the temperature—it’s the connection.