How do you view time?
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Time. What is it really? The clock, the calendar, the schedules, the routines? NO!!!! It’s your life! Yesterday, I realized how fast my life is progressing and how I didn’t even realize how quickly it is passing by.
Fifteen years ago, I remember vividly how I cried when I put my daughter Hannah on the bus for her first day of kindergarten. She had on a cute little green plaid dress and proudly carried her back pack. She rushed up the steps with great excitement and turned to smile at me, acknowledging that her life in the world was beginning.
Yesterday, I took this same daughter to the bus so she could return to college in NYC. There she stood with her suitcase and cell phone while I watched from the car. She flashed the same beautiful smile and boarded the bus to continue making her way in the world.
Today I realized that there were so many moments in between that were rushed through because of time. We are so busy chasing the clock, the schedules, the routines that we are rarely present to enjoy the wonderful moments and blessings in our lives. How many times have your said “not now” or “I can’t” because of how you perceive time and are managesd by a clock? Think about the disappointment this may have caused your children or friends. Often wonderful memories could have been made if we lived more in the present rather than trying to ride the next minute. In the end, it will be those missed opportunities that we will regret. We won’t remember all the things we “had to do” but will regret those things that we “should have” done.
It is truly scary how fast life progresses but maybe it will slow down a bit if we fill the minutes “being present” and with what will make us smile on the day our time runs out.
Warmly,
Ellen Banks
