"Don't Blink"

When I first heard the song, "Don't Blink", I thought, "That's kinda cute, what can happen as life slips by." But as I think about it more, I realize that I have often wondered what I was really doing when our kids were small. Somehow, they slipped through those early years while I had my eyes in the books of learning, and only in my spare time, did I really play with the kids. Here I am in early retirement and I see what my life has been. I see my grandchildren starting to get married to begin the same stage of life that went by me all too fast. It now seems like a long blink- well I had my eyes open part of the time. I am glad now that we have pictures to refresh our minds of what was happening along the way; probably over 40 volumes of them.

But what is even more important is what we put into those years. Do we have only memories? Or do we leave a difference in the lives of our children, grandchildren, and with all the multitudes we met on the way to aging? What difference will it actually make that we were here for some decades? It is trite to say we get old too soon? Yet even then few youth can imagine that.  I hope this song of Kenny Chesney helps fix our minds on the fleeting nature of life, encouraging us to keep our eyes open as life flies by. 

And do more than stand on the sidelines watching it speed by. Rather filling each day with 24 hours with living activity, making the world a better place as we get older. I was asked by a psychologist once what I my goal of life is. I said that I want to reach retirement with no regrets what I have done with my life. That was almost 30 years ago. Following the call of God to a life of service in Belize, I have never regretted it for a moment. Now the challenge for the future, is to come to the end of my journey to look back with no regrets of my present life. Enjoy the song.