Listening to a Damien Rice song, Older Chests, and why today? The song comes on a radio station that drifts into a headset that sends music to my ears…and again I ask why today? The songs message sings loud and clear in a chorus that states: "time, there's always time, on my mind…pass me by, I'll be fine, just give me time."
Somewhere along life's journey we come to learn that time is something that we have, something that we live within, something we have to share and give, but something that we never really understand. Time flies, and sometimes it drifts past us like a feather in a subtle breeze. Time. The beauty of time is the wisdom we gain from experiencing every facet of it, every hour.
Today my parents celebrate thirty six years of marriage, now that's time. Today my Aunt Ami, and my Papaw are eighty years old, that's a lot of time too. Today I am twenty eight years old…bring it on time! I am ready. Bring on the good times, bring on the sunsets, the breath taking moments that will make me value you more. Challenge me more than you already have, because I am up for that challenge. After all this time what will I have learned? A prediction that I cannot make whole heartedly. I can only hope that from each fleeting moment I will learn to experience, to love, and to find happiness. In the moments that are full of sadness, anger, or disconnect I hope that I will learn to be patient and wait - wait for a time that is better, a day that is brighter, I hope that I learn that too. And when my time adds up to 36, then 55, then 71, then 80, and who knows maybe 101. Who will I be then? You may be sure that I will be the person that you knew all along the way, only then I will know more about time. Time won't pass me by!
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