Today: YOU Asked For It!

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw


Think about where you are in life: your career, your family, your friends, your hobbies, etc. Take an inventory of all the "things" you do that occupy your time. Think of all the stuff that life/society/family/responsibilities/work has thrown your way that you feel drains the life out of you because you are obligated to them rather than want to do them. Think of all the energy you have wasted complaining about the very things that you once would have given ANYTHING to have. Remember when work brought you joy, if only to anticipate the reward at the end of the pay period, you eagerly fulfilled your obligations with a smile. Time seemed much quicker then than it does today. Doesn't time seemed to go too slow these days, Friday used to come sooner. Remember when you were childless or spouseless and you wanted, more than anything, to have a family. Remember the feeling you had looking into your child's eyes for the first time, or holding your spouses hand vowing to not let hard times get the best of you. Remember when the hard times got too hard, but you lifted your head to the sky, bended your knees and begged for an intervention. And now the child is grown, and your marriage has also. The car may make noise today, but remember when you prayed for "any ol' transportation" just so that you can get to work and take the family out every now and then. Today you have once again received a blessing in that you are able to be here, you should again be excited as you use to be. Laugh, smile, tell a joke, play about while here because being here is the answer to a prayer that you have spoken several times. Be grateful for all that you have and when things are not going as you completely expect, take a moment to check your attitude, your energy, your intentions. Make the best of this day and time will once again move, and maybe unfortunately, a little faster.