While everyone is celebrating the New Year, I am bewildered and perplexed. I am struggling to figure out how we have stumbled upon a New Year when the year of old seems so freshly engrained in my head. We were just celebrating 2014, and now it is 2015. I feel like I am in some weird Sci-Fi movie, where time is moving extremely fast, and I struggle to keep up. The interesting observation about this peculiar phenomenon is that it’s not just one year but years. Each New Year, I find myself trying to keep up with time. Time always seems like it is moving at an alarmingly fast pace. Think about it. Today we celebrate New Year’s in a few months; it will be Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and another New Year. The time it took me to write these dates feels like the time it takes for them to get here. The old saying that time is moving fast seems to have some creditability, at least in my life.
Over the holiday season, I spent some much-needed time with family and friends. However, while interacting with my family, I kept wondering where the time had gone. I spent time with my cousins, I can very vividly recall the day that they were born, and now they are preparing to get their licenses and are talking about college. I see friends and classmates who are engaged, married, and having children; it is crazy to think that we talked about these things, and now they are happening. I see my niece, who is growing and getting smarter every day. Sometimes it seems scary to see how time flies, especially when it is going extremely fast. I even look at myself, and I can see how fast time is going. I still remember moving in the day in college, it seems like it was yesterday, and now I am preparing to enter the second semester of junior year. It is still difficult for me to fully understand this. Time is moving incredibly fast. Sometimes I wish that time could pause so I could enjoy the moment. Things do not remain the same, and neither should they. However, it would be nice to enjoy some good things a little longer.
The only answer I have to this marvels spectacle of time is to enjoy it as much as you can. Growth and change occur over time, and it is miraculous to watch. Even more importantly, growth and change are inevitable. It is important to cherish every moment we have in our development and those around us. We are all so busy that we don’t take the time to fully enjoy life and all that it has to offer. This causes us to be confused when a drastic change occurs; we are so wrapped up in the confines of our lives while the world around us goes on. We need to take the time to observe and actively participate in subtle changes; so we won’t be surprised when significant changes occur. We must be aware of these changes to understand where the time has gone. So it’s not time that has moved fast, but I was unwilling to observe and accept the everyday changes.
Until Next Time:
Let God’s light shine within you and through you!
P.S. Happy New Year!
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