In When Things Fall Apart, Pema Chodron, the Buddhist teacher, writes: "The way to dissolve our resistance to life is to meet it face to face. When we feel resentment because the room is too hot, we could meet the heat and feel its fieriness and its heaviness. When we feel resentment because the room is too cold, we could meet the cold and feel its iciness and its bite. When we want to complain about the rain, we could feel its wetness instead. When we worry because the wind is shaking our windows, we could meet the wind and hear its sound. Cutting our expectations for a cure is a gift we can give ourselves. There is no cure for hot and cold. They will go on forever." When the temperature goes through the roof and you feel oppressed by the heat, meet it and accept it as a regular part of summer. Being unruffled is a spiritual practice that will help carry you through hot days.

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat in Summertime and Living Takes Practice