… go ’round and ’round….
another year passed.
another year begins.
isn’t it funny that when we’re young, time cannot go fast enough?
as soon as we’re 8 we look forward to being 8 1/2.
when we’re 15, we cannot wait to be 16.
when we’re 18, we want to be 21.
when we’re 21, we want to be 25.
then something begins to change.
suddenly, we’re not wishing the years away.
time starts moving faster. and suddenly we find ourselves wanting to slow it down. to ask it to pass just a little bit slower so that what is can be savored before what will be as arrived.
yet strangely, despite this perceived change in time, the pace in which she passes has not changed.
she has continue to pass on the hour over the days for all the years the same this year as any other year before and any year after.
a round and around she goes.
the same yesterday as today and as tomorrow.
this year, i don’t want to slow her down.
i just want to enjoy her…
to squeeze every ounce of life out of her…
to live her fully.
here’s to another year of what will be… but more importantly, what is.