Life goes on.
Actually, it rushes on.
When we just want a breather, when we are struggling to find
clean air, when we are so exhausted we can hardly breathe, life goes on.
When we find ourselves distracted, late, attacked with the
questions of life, life goes on.
No matter how slow I wish it would go, I’ve found that it
does not listen to me. It seems to be one speed, and that speed is ever
increasing.
Back then a month seemed like forever, and now a year flies
by before I can blink my eyes. I can hardly keep up, the wind from the pace
bringing tears to my eyes. But life goes on.
When we’re down and out, when we’re out of work, money, or out of town, life goes on.
A hospital visit won’t slow it down. No, checking out
mentally, physically, emotionally won’t either. Even when our minds aren’t fully there, life is.
We can run, but we can’t hide. Life is quick. It can catch
up wherever we try to escape to.
When our lives are jam packed, with working, personal
business, eating, and maybe a bit of sleeping, life doesn’t slow down. Instead it
seems to do the opposite, the turbo speed flipping up.
When we take a nap on our motor bikes, in a store or on a
bench, life doesn’t sleep with us, but while we’re asleep it may throw in a
wrench, catching us off guard, robbing us of precious time, but could we survive
without sleep? Without rest? No. But even when we sleep, life goes on.
It goes on and on and we have no way of knowing when it will
stop. So why do we always try to escape it? Can we never learn to embrace it?
To stop and smell the roses (or stinky tofu)? To hold our children tight? To reflect
on the happenings of the day as we say good night?
Can we not find time to slow down? To breathe? To maybe even
sit down? Can we face each day with a smile and the decision to follow life, to
embrace it, instead of always chasing it, hoping we can catch it and anchor it
down? Trying to contain it and make it submit to our terms?
We can’t alter it, we can’t escape it’s speed, but one thing
we may be able to do is alter our attitude, our perspective, the way we see.
Because either way,
Life goes on.
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