JUST STRUCK ME


It just occurred to me how time will always make things better.

Whatever phase, circumstance or situation we are in life at any given moment, time will always be the defining factor how we will conduct ourselves, handle things, deal with it or feel about it.

When things are bad, especially if we are left with no choice except to carry the load, but we know how long it's going to stay that way, somehow it makes it more bearable. Maybe this is what tends to drive us to frustration. When we wake up in the morning and our troubles still look at us with such audacity, like the... in your face kinda' thing, sometimes we are left so beaten that we can't see the end to it.

When things are good, but we know they're only going to stay that way for a certain period of time, somehow we are driven to enjoy, to cherish and be grateful for having had something like it, if for a while. Maybe this is what tends to make us take things for granted. Often we think that we'll always have these wonderful things, these bright and cheerful days, the quiet order of our lives... so we never stop to smell the flowers, cross the street to greet a neighbor, give a loved one a hug. When was the last time you said 'I love you.' to someone? When was the last time you meant it?

The catch is... we'll never know if something is going to stay the way it is for a long time, or not.

Like my friend Ree says, '... it would have been easy, if it weren't so difficult.'