dailydatewithgod

Do you ever notice that the longer you live the faster times seem to pass?  I remember very distinctly in sixth grade in the month of January thinking, wow–this school year is taking forever.  But now its like I blink and January is July.  There are a couple of reasons for this, one is that life is fuller than it was at that early age.  There are more responsibilities-more things to cram into a day, my mind is literally more full of information to manage, and I am not waiting for something to end in anticipation of something new to come along (waiting for summer during a school year).  The potential danger here is for me to think that I am more fully participating in life because there are more things to do.  The opposite can actually be true though–the more things I have to do, the more ways I look to just make them routine and not be something I have to be present to and I cherish the moments when I have a pause and am waiting.  But, of course, I want it to be my kind of waiting–not in traffic or in line at the grocery store.  I have all these fixed ideas of what it means to be participating in life.  If I measure the time by the number of things I get done–I am fabulous!  In the last several years, however, I have had the chance to take a step back and look at measuring time by the quality of time I spend with other people.  In the end, I don’t get to take my to do lists with me like a report card for God, but my heart comes with me and in it will be the level of love for others and myself. In my heart will carry the appreciation for the life I was given to participate in and I want that to be full. My prayer for you today is to take a moment and slow down to connect with another human being–look in his or her eyes for a just a few seconds more to share your love.  Make it a great one!  Peace~Colleen