This Trip

It seems that ever since I asked Michelle to marry me, the thoughts of time, eternity, and space have all been dancing around in my head, clamoring for attention. As I've pondered upon them, new thoughts and ideas have come to me. The idea that's been floating in my head most recently is about time and the use of time and what seems to be an innate desire among humans to have time go fast.

I pose the question to everyone, why do we all want time to go fast? I understand that sometimes, we have desires to reach a certain point. I totally get that. Michelle and I are anticipating the arrival of our first-born. We are super excited and in some ways we desire time to move quickly so that we get to meet our little guy. It scares me to think that by focusing only on the arrival of the child and anticipating it, we are going to miss so much! The importance of time is enjoying it.

I look back at my time as a single adult. I was so focused on what life would be like married that I missed opportunities to improve myself in other ways. At times I sat around, just letting precious time go by, waiting and wanting time to go by so much more quickly so I could start on the next phase of my life. I missed opportunities to enjoy life.

I can point to so many times in my life where this same attitude has possibly caused me to miss the fullness of life. Joy comes through the fullness of life. Fullness of life comes through living every moment to its fullest. Don't let the desire for time to go quickly overcome a desire to live life to the fullest. I guess that's my goal. Here's to the joy to come!

While on the topic of time, here's an awesome slide show of some of the Hubble Telescope's best pictures.