TIME

It's amazing how time appears different to us when different things are happening in our lives. Sometimes it feels like time is going by too quickly. Other times it feels like the minutes or day will never pass. What is with that???  Waiting for my granddaughter to be born and now into 'overtime' according to the due date, it feels like the week is slowing going by in one way and then on the other hand, it feels like it is racing by and with no baby, I will soon have to be leaving without ever getting the chance to actually help out and/or hold my new granddaughter. Somtimes I am feeling like I am enjoying this 'quiet' time before the baby comes and talking with my daughter and enjoying my other three grandkids.  Other times, I am anxious for the baby to come and want to 'get with it' and start setting up the crib, changing diapers, washing etc, etc. Time can be whatever you want it to be, I guess.

Scripture says that there is a season for everything under the sun. Guess there is a time for 'patiently' waiting as well. Enjoying the moments as they come as 'it will be, what it will be'.  Right?

I was leafing through a book that is my my daughter's downstairs cabinet. It is by Henry Nouwen called "Can You Drink The Cup".  The author was telling about his recollections as a young boy of his parents (and uncle, aunties) drinking a glass of wine with their meal. One uncle made it into quite a ritual. He (and they) would hold it in their hands, swirl it, look at it, smell the aroma, then take a small sip. They would comment on the flavor, the body, etc. He says "One thing he learned from it all: drinking wine is more than just drinking.  You have to know what you are drinking, and you have to be able to talk about it.  Similarly, just living life is not enough. We must know what we are living. A life that is not reflected upon isn't worth living. It belongs to the essense of being human that we contemplate our life, think about it, discuss it, evaluate it, and form opinions about it. Half of living is reflecting on what is being lived."  I guess that is what I am doing.  Continually assessing where I am at, what I am spending my time thinking about or doing. How much effort I am spending on useless or worthless or time consuming wasteful things AND more importantly, how much time I spend on things that are valuable and important to me and if they are helpful to others.

Well, guess I will spend less time wondering if my time is being spent appropriately and usefully and just 'enjoying the moment' for the 'time' being! Will let you know how this all turns out in a later blog.