Time and revolutions

June is just days away. If I take a quick second to fully process, my brain jumbles up and outputs, “Wasn’t it just Valentine’s Day or St. Patrick’s Day?” But we just went through every graduation that was around us. Memorial Day and next, all the festivals and eventually Father’s Day, Independence Day and all the other summer activities that we try to cram into the spring/summer/fall time. It all seems to be within a blink of an eye though.

That is what life does, doesn’t it? Goes by in a blink of an eye, metaphorically and figuratively. If there is a way to stay continually cognitive throughout the blinks of the eyes, then maybe we would be more alert and savor those moments just a little more. For instance, Koda - he is about eight years old. I can’t believe it. It feels like yesterday he was just a puppy and I had to lay next to his crate sleeping, to get him to stop from crying. I know that I was there for most of his life (with the occasional trip without him or when I have to be away from him because I am at the office working), but it still doesn’t feel like enough time with him. Or for those relationships and friendships that you thought would develop into more and deeper, now to only just let the days pass without contact and not for lack of trying on my part to regain the relationship or friendship back. Just for the other to drift away and no way to bring them back.

But that is what life does, doesn’t it? Change, whether you want it to or not. People change. Their life, their universe, their emotions and feelings - they change. Koda gets more white whiskers in his fur as he ages and I start seeing the glitter strands (grays) in my hair pop out more frequently, with more coarse and curliness than I am used to. But well, such is life. Right?

Birthdays come and go. Mine will be here before I know it. This year I am going to bring back the excitement that my birthday used to hold. This year I will BE the excitement and that brings in more prosperity, joy and good surprises.

Even though time and life seem to go by in a blink of an eye, we can create the goodness that we look back upon with fondness in our hearts. The memories that were created once, now in a vault of our own creation and mind. Even though it would be nice to elongate the special moments with the ones we hold dear, the construct of time doesn’t allow us to take a literal “pause.” So, be the goodness always and remember you are the main character in your story. Are you wanting more from your life before time blinks by? The choice is yours.

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SAMANTHA Y OCIUS CREATIVE MEDIA