February Reflections: Alignment in the Leap Year

I would like to suggest that Leap Day—today February 29—become a celebration of alignment. This “extra” day, tacked on to the end of February every four years, exists to compensate for the extra five hours and 46 minutes of our annual journey around the sun that is not taken into account in our regular 365 day calendar year. In other words, Leap Day is the day that we allow the earth to catch up with us.

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