I remember as a child always hearing adults talk about how much time flies the older you get.
I use to dream of the days the clock would speed up. The days at school would seem like an eternity. The shopping trips with my mother would take the best years of my life and Sunday school would seem like one hour stretched over five.
These days things are a little different. The days really do speed up. Not because the clock is any faster, but I now realize that as a child life was simple and easy. As an adult they are complicated, busy and far from easy.
I looked at my schedule this past week, for the next couple of months I realized I’m slammed! Now I like a busy schedule, it keeps me active and focused. However, I know I get stressed most when I have no room to breath. Last week was once of those times. I started stressing because time was going to fast and I had missed personal deadlines I had set myself. I also got frustrated over something that I kept hitting a dead end.
It was at this point I heard one of those some gentle voices that can only be crazy voices in my head, or God. I elected for God! The voice said, ‘why are you stressing, enjoy the ride. This life is a journey of discovery, enjoy discovering’. Well all I can say is I was reminded that life is to be enjoyed and so often we can take that enjoyment away by our own agenda.
So instead of wishing that the clock would speed up, or that the calendar would slow down, I’m trying to enjoy life one minute at a time. Not matter how rough or smooth it may be, it is a privilege to have life, and I believe it was a man named Jesus who once said that he has come that we may have life and this life to the full. We can never have a full life unless we enjoy the journey we are all taking.
Look around you today and enjoy all life has to truly offer.
