Time. Time drags on and goes much too quickly. It's said to heal all wounds. Time builds a chasm between the past and the present, and a bridge into the future. It doesn't stop, it presses on through unbearably painful times and incredibly joyful times. Time holds every memory you and I have. Minutes hold our favorite songs. Days hold opportunities. Seconds hold breaths-gentle reminders that we're alive.
No matter how you spend it, you have time. With the same time, one person drops out of school and another becomes a millionaire. One person gets married and another divorced. One person breathes their last breath, and another their first.. One person sells drugs in a dark alley and another is released from rehab. One person laughs, and another cries. One mother speaks encouraging words to her kids and another curses at her children. One teenager bullies the new kid, while another teenager reaches out to them.
There are always different ways to spend our time. Everyone in those examples had the same amount of time, but what they did with it changed everything. We all have to learn how to spend our time the best way, how to prioritize and make the most of right now. How you spend your time is how you live.
No one wants regrets. So spend your days loving intensely, crying bitterly, laughing freely, smiling often, trying new things, following Christ, learning from mistakes, enjoying the simple things, and making memories.
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."-Mark Twain
Much love,
Marissa.
1 comment:
why are you so deep all of the sudden?
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