How quick the time goes

Yep, it's been a while; Again. The holidays, and they do begin with Halloween just seem to be going by at a rapid pace this year. I can't believe that it's only three weeks till Christmas. We all talk about the things that get in the way of life and what we want or need to do, but it seems to me, it's always a time thing. Time: the one thing man cannot control, no matter how hard we try. There is either too much time on our hands, no time left, time outs, time off, just in the nick of time, well you get the idea.

I think we need to step back and think about what time is and how we go about using it. "They say time changes things, but actually, you have to change them yourself." Andy Warhol.

Children are a constant reminder of how time slips by, they grow so fast. Before you know it they are young adults with opinions and dreams of their own. So, don't you want to make the most of your time on this earth and with the ones you love? And yet, we prioritize things, not time and people and wonder why we are not happier.

When things are gone, we are left with time (on our hands) but when time is gone, it's GONE! Think about that one.

With these tough economic times bringing a dose of reality to those previously immune, maybe it is time to rethink what is truely important in this life we have been given and prioritize in a different manner.

I found a poem (for lack of a better term) that I wrote a while ago and while not a perfect fit, it speaks to what the country is going through currently....a soul revolution.

Measure life in laughter, not tears
In places and people
Not things accumulated throughout the years.

Transient is life
And so are we

Building our lives upon
Immaterial objects...
How foolish are we?

Living, breathing and loving
Is what life is about
Feelings, connecting....
Reaching out

Heart to heart,
Soul to soul
It' all there inside each and every one of us,
Not so far to go.