Well, it has been a little while since I blogged here. As I noted earlier, I have moved into a new law firm and the change in my daily life is dramatic, to say the least. In addition to having lots of people to deal with every day, I find myself with a lot less time to just think about things. And, let's face it, blogs come from thinking about things a lot.
It is getting into summer weather here, but still cool enough at night to keep you alive and avoid the really horrible air conditioning costs that will come later. We have finally had some rain, which is nice.
My younger daughter is home from college for the summer, which is also a nice thing. My wife and I are in the stage of "almost empty nester," which means that we have one child who is still "at home" plus the daughter who is "in college" and therefore home "sometimes." When she comes home for summer, everything changes from the "when she is gone" stage.
I think, more than anything else right now, I am struck by how much change there really is in our lives. I think this is a memory problem for us. Each day, we deal with dozens of decisions, but when we sit down at the end of a week and look back, we don't see it that way. We forget all the little things we had to do during the week. We forget the errands and the conversations and the moments here and there and everything just looks the same. Yet, each day, we deal with all these things.
Life is odd like that. We are odd like that.
I think this is why the Bible's constant rule for us is to "live today." "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble," Jesus tells us, reminding us not to worry about tomorrow so much. We are told to live today. We are not able to live tomorrow (although we would like to, we think). We cannot relive yesterday (although we spend a lot of time thinking of what we would do if we could). We only have today.
Live today. Every time you catch yourself with a regret, snuff it out. Every time you catch yourself daydreaming about some other make-believe day you might have had, nip it in the bud. Love your neighbor today. Listen to your child today. Love your spouse today.
It is the only day you have.
It is getting into summer weather here, but still cool enough at night to keep you alive and avoid the really horrible air conditioning costs that will come later. We have finally had some rain, which is nice.
My younger daughter is home from college for the summer, which is also a nice thing. My wife and I are in the stage of "almost empty nester," which means that we have one child who is still "at home" plus the daughter who is "in college" and therefore home "sometimes." When she comes home for summer, everything changes from the "when she is gone" stage.
I think, more than anything else right now, I am struck by how much change there really is in our lives. I think this is a memory problem for us. Each day, we deal with dozens of decisions, but when we sit down at the end of a week and look back, we don't see it that way. We forget all the little things we had to do during the week. We forget the errands and the conversations and the moments here and there and everything just looks the same. Yet, each day, we deal with all these things.
Life is odd like that. We are odd like that.
I think this is why the Bible's constant rule for us is to "live today." "Sufficient for the day is its own trouble," Jesus tells us, reminding us not to worry about tomorrow so much. We are told to live today. We are not able to live tomorrow (although we would like to, we think). We cannot relive yesterday (although we spend a lot of time thinking of what we would do if we could). We only have today.
Live today. Every time you catch yourself with a regret, snuff it out. Every time you catch yourself daydreaming about some other make-believe day you might have had, nip it in the bud. Love your neighbor today. Listen to your child today. Love your spouse today.
It is the only day you have.