Why
is it that time moves at a different pace depending on what is going on
in one’s life? If you are anticipating an exciting event, time moves
so slowly. However, if you are trying to get your daughter to realize
she is going to be late for school, time passes very, very fast.
So it was with sixteen year old Daughter # 2. Primping is a part of the teenage years..... all mothers understand that. Mothers understand also, that if much primping is going to take place before school, one must get up at a time that allows for said primping. Teenage daughters apparently have yet to realize that.
So it was with sixteen year old Daughter # 2. Primping is a part of the teenage years..... all mothers understand that. Mothers understand also, that if much primping is going to take place before school, one must get up at a time that allows for said primping. Teenage daughters apparently have yet to realize that.
I remember walking down the hall, glancing in the open door of our
bathroom and seeing Daughter # 2 combing her hair for what must have
been the tenth time that morning.
“You are going to be late.” I said, looking at my watch.
“No, I’m not. I’m never late,” was the reply, not losing a beat with that brush.
“Well, there is a first time for everything and this may be the first time.” I said as I walked on down the hall.
Five minutes later, the ritual was the same; the hair brush had been replaced with a mascara brush and she was slowly swiping it against her eyelashes, stopping occasionally to bat her eyes to see if everything was just so. Time was racing but she was not. Yet it seemed that everything I said caused her to move at a little slower pace.
How are you handling your time? Are you wasting it thinking there will be plenty of time to do whatever you wish later on? I simply laughed at my Mother in her later years when she would tell me how fast time was passing. Now, as a senior adult, I can most assuredly tell you she was right. Making plans are good but only time will tell if they will be carried out so don’t waste your today just making plans for tomorrow.
“And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today at the latest, tomorrow, we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.” James 4:13-15 The Message
“You are going to be late.” I said, looking at my watch.
“No, I’m not. I’m never late,” was the reply, not losing a beat with that brush.
“Well, there is a first time for everything and this may be the first time.” I said as I walked on down the hall.
Five minutes later, the ritual was the same; the hair brush had been replaced with a mascara brush and she was slowly swiping it against her eyelashes, stopping occasionally to bat her eyes to see if everything was just so. Time was racing but she was not. Yet it seemed that everything I said caused her to move at a little slower pace.
How are you handling your time? Are you wasting it thinking there will be plenty of time to do whatever you wish later on? I simply laughed at my Mother in her later years when she would tell me how fast time was passing. Now, as a senior adult, I can most assuredly tell you she was right. Making plans are good but only time will tell if they will be carried out so don’t waste your today just making plans for tomorrow.
“And now I have a word for you who brashly announce, “Today at the latest, tomorrow, we’re off to such and such a city for the year. We’re going to start a business and make a lot of money” You don’t know the first thing about tomorrow. You’re nothing but a wisp of fog, catching a brief bit of sun before disappearing. Instead, make it a habit to say, “If the master wills it and we’re still alive, we’ll do this or that.” James 4:13-15 The Message
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