As I sit here, thinking this morning about this and that, sipping my coffee, I’m rather amazed that I got here so fast. By “here”, I mean this stage of life. Sometimes, I try to make sense of it all. Do you do that too, when your house is quiet and you’re alone with your thoughts?
One thing that is surprisingly true is that years pass quickly. Perhaps, when we’re younger, we don’t realize they do, but now, looking back, it seems they passed at warp speed. And, I wonder how that happened.
Older people have no edge on wisdom. Oh, we’re supposed to become wiser with all these experiences behind us, and, in a way, I suppose we are. But, a lot of older people certainly haven’t learned much. I still see those who are old enough to know better, emphasizing the unimportant–power, prestige, money, control. These things are temporary and empty.
So, as I think about things, I realize what’s truly important is people. It’s loving people and being loved by people; it’s trying to help someone. If I can make the day or an hour in the day a little easier or brighter for someone, that’s what’s important. Many things are temporary–power, prestige, money, control–these things don’t last and they are empty, hollow things. But, love lasts. Love and hope and faith in the eternal.
This is another day I’ve been given and you’ve been given. May we use it wisely.
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