It seems like every time it turns to a new month, someone always says that they can't believe it. It happened again this week. When did it get to be August?! Where is the summer going? I feel like I just got done wrapping up the prior month's financial statements at work, and now I have to start the next month already? (ok, ok...granted, I was a little behind the eight ball last month, so I literally did just get done wrapping up the prior month. haha)
Why does time seem to go by faster and faster the older we get? I remember feeling like I had to wait FOR-EHHHHH-VER for Christmas to come when I was little. That was the grand event of the year. It was the one big thing that we always waited for, and it could never get here quickly enough. And now I'm sitting here thinking, oh my word, Christmas is less than five months away?! It will be here before we know it!
And, by the way, how in the world did I get to be so old already?! Have I really been out of college for over 10 years?! ...and out of high school for 15?!
It kind of all makes me wonder what I've done with all that time? We were talking the other day about how it seems like we're always focused on that next big thing. Whether it's planning for a vacation, getting married, completing a level of education, having babies, celebrating a birthday, working toward retirement, or merely working for the weekend. But what happens when those milestones actually happen? There's all this build up and anticipation, the event takes place, and then what? Sure some events snowball into a continuing time of adjustment and the excitement extends past the catalyst of the initial change, but it usually doesn't take long before we're looking ahead again and asking what's next.
I'm not sure if I like this scenario. I don't like looking back over the day and wondering what I accomplished...much less looking back over a week, a month, a year, or a whole lifetime. I'm not wired with a "driven" type A personality. I don't feel the urgency to always be on the go. I don't feel like less of a person if I haven't achieved some major goal during the day. BUT...that doesn't mean that I don't want to do something with my life, and it doesn't mean that I don't want to use my time wisely and make a difference in this world and in people around me. And I certainly don't want to be sitting around waiting for that next big thing and waste the precious time I've been given or not appreciate the incredible blessings that God's given me in the here and now.
And so, I guess the whole point is to remind myself to slow down. To remember to be thankful for each moment God's given me. To stop focusing so much on someday and start making the most of today. Life is too short and way too precious to waste.
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