Time

So lately the catch phrase I've been hearing is "wow they grow up so fast" or "time went by so fast". So I got to thinking...... I see time in so many different aspects it's really hard for me not to say "yeah I know what you mean" or "Man, I just don't see it"....... let me explain.

Lately I've been spending a lot of time with my parents (mom in particular), which doesn't bother me because I don't see them much when I am away at school. My mother and I have been through good times and bad (as have any mother and daughter), but as time goes on those experiences become a relationship. As I look back, I don't ever remember my mother (or my father for that matter) not being there when I needed her/him.

As I said in one of my previous posts, I went to my cousins graduation a few weeks ago. This particular instance did make me realize that time is precious, but didn't really jump out at me and say "HEY PAY ATTENTION!!!!". During the ceremony I searched through my mind and my memories and drifted over the good times and passed over the bad.

One of the better memories I can remember is holding my cousin barely three hours after she was born. She'll be 7 years old in February! Here was a child, born into a world full of sin and hate, and we as her family is obligated to show her the right path toward Jesus Christ, but it takes us 15+years to look around to what's important to realize that time is really the key.

Sometimes I think we as a human race have to compete with each other; if we don't keep up with the latest fashions, diets, workouts, etc, then we are somehow out of the loop and that is SO TRUE. If we would just slow down, look around, take one day at a time, slow down, and breath in the air we were given, I am sure we would learn more and see more. After all no one is guaranteed tomorrow. So, take a picture; if tomorrow comes, you'll remember what yesterday looked like.