I remember waiting for Christmas. The time always went to
slow the months and days dragged on forever. Also, for that matter I had a hard
time waiting for my birthdays. There also was the famous waiting for the end of
the school year. Then for some strange reason I could not wait for the
beginning of the school year, although that bell at the end of the day seemed
to take forever along with the bus ride.
As I turn the calendar to April, I wondered where this past
month has gone. I also wondered, as did you I am sure, where is spring? This
particular winter has been harder than most and spring has been long time
coming. My mind turned to reflecting on things as it
does from time to time. I thought that everything under this sun and on this
earth have been experienced, said, done and felt by all people and generations.
Therefore, I need to ask. What are we waiting for? Are we
waiting for that new best memory in our life? Are we waiting for a problem to
be solved? It is probable both at different times. So then, I need to ask why we
are not in the moment more often. Why can we not just take what is in front of
us and except it? I think it is just in our nature to want to know the future
and anticipate it. We cannot help it.
Today at church, the minister said something that related to
this. He said that there once was a woman that believed that everything in her
life was prewritten and all she had to do was live it. One day she was going
down the basement stairs and trip herself up at the top. She fell down the
stairs bumping and bruising herself. As she lay at the bottom of the stairs,
she said to herself, boy am I glad that part is over.
Anyways, season change and the scenery also, it could be a
building is no longer there or a two-lane road turns into a four-lane highway. We
go about our daily lives watching the small changes day to day and then there
it is. The old barn degraded and fell down or that two-lane road is now a four-lane
highway. Yet the ground below us remains the same and the sky above is still
forever. These two examples happened right in front of our eyes. We grow up and
have children. They are little one day and then we turn around and they are
adults with lives of their own. For that matter, we were once young and strong.
Then day-by-day without giving it much thought we grow old.
I find that now days, I do not ever have enough time. The years
seem to fly by and I am constantly trying to keep up with time. Although, when I look back at my life, there
have been so many changes. People have come into my life and gone out of my
life. I have had many different jobs, lived in many different places and know
so many different kinds of people.
I also have people in my life that are always present, but
the relationship changes as time goes by. We grow we change we adjust and go on
from there. Sometimes, or should I say mostly this happens without us even
thinking about it. It is just the natural flow of life and love. I love it.
Yet the ground below remains the same and the sky above goes
on forever. I realize I am rich with memories and ever-changing wonderful
relationships. That is what life is
about. That is why I carry my rock with me. It keeps me grounded and helps me
to remember the good times and the bad times.
