Timed In.

“It has been said that in human life there are moments worth ages…”
~William Wordsworth

The past week or so has given me a lot of opportunity to think a bit more than I usually do.

Disturbing dreams, moments of reflection, friends who are ailing or going through tough times and lessons taught in nature right outside my back door.

I started thinking about how eventually, our lives are going to be discussions at family dinner tables, stories handed down to people we will never know or see; and how we live our lives today, will determine what kind of lessons, smiles, metaphors and gained tales of perseverance, wisdom and humor will delight ears long after we are gone.

All the struggles we endure, obstacles we overcome, joys and sorrows, loss and gains and even subtle celebrations change the world around us, influence the people that we encounter and echo long after we leave this earth.

So why do we waste so much of our time, worrying about the inevitable?

We push back, hide from, alter and try to outrun, Time.
When actually Time is a kindness.

It affords us opportunities along the way of our lives to change. It gives us emotional growth our entire lives, to bloom into the best versions of ourselves we can be.
Whatever that is, is ours to produce.
We are the director, writer and ultimately the critic.

So don’t be hung up on time.
Lost or gained.
Just live.
Your best life.

Struggle is normal.
Failure is normal.
Success is your version.
But be happy.
Be your own true story.

Hear your own echo.