I learned a lot last week. The biggest thing is:
Time flies when you’re having fun.
Or when you’re not having fun.
Time just flies.
Just last year, I was basking in my access to Tigers playoff tickets thanks to Eliza’s job with the Detroit Tigers. I was able to watch the first Tigers playoff game since 1987. They won, destroying the Yankees. Comerica Park was going nuts.
A few weeks later I was able to go to the Tigers only World Series win in the series.
Last August, we left Bethesda to start attending Living Word.
Last January, 3 nieces were born. Now they’re 9 months old!
This past September my oldest nephew Bryce turned 5!
I turned 34.
I’ve been married over 4 years!
Everywhere I look, I see time keeps moving, and seemingly faster than ever.
Just last week I was on a cruise vacation. (I can’t believe I’ve been home this long already!) Lize and I went with 10 other friends and family. It was a great vacation, but there were a couple moments where I got pretty frustrated.
It seemed we couldn’t make group decisions at times. We’d stand for minutes (seemed like hours) and go in circles with what was the best thing to do.
And when we did make a decision, I almost felt as if my voice wasn’t being heard.
That was frustrating to me. When I’m on vacation, I like to get up and go. Whether it’s going to lay out, or go on an excursion, or walk around the boat or port. I just like to be doing something. The good soldier that I am, I would go along with the group. I’d be grumpy for a little while, and go on my way.
At times I saw other people being frustrated for the same things, or for other reasons like food, outside temperature, sun, rain, taxis, room service or lack thereof.
But as I was driving to work yesterday, I realized how much time was wasted by being frustrated and grumpy.
Here I was on the biggest cruise ship in the world, not having to worry about work, traffic, work, traffic, work, traffic, fitting in other important functions and commitments, work, traffic…..and I wanted to be frustrated about not doing something I thought would be more fun.
Granted it was only a few hours in an 8 day vacation, but it was time I wasted.
So what if we walked across the street for dinner instead of driving 10 minutes to a different place. We were still able to eat good food, in good weather, with great people.
So what if it took 15 minutes to decide we wanted to eat again. We were going to be with good friends, eating good food, on the greatest cruise ship in the world.
So what if I didn’t think we needed to make a stink about where we’d play cards. We were still with good friends, playing fun games, eating good food, on the greatest cruise ship in the world.
Above that…God is good, all the time.
Just yesterday, Liza and I went for her first ultrasound. We saw the little one for the first time, and even got to hear the heartbeat.
It was awesome.
And again I realized how good God is.
And it’s up to me to choose to enjoy the moment I’m in.
We don’t know what the future holds for us. We don’t know what tomorrow holds for us. We don’t even know what the next minute holds for us.
I may never get to go on another cruise vacation.
I may never get to hang out with that group of people ever again.
This could be the only baby Liza and I ever have.
We don’t know.
We do know what the Bible says and it says our life is but a vapor. It’s gone before we know it.
So why waste it being angry, upset, frustrated, or whatever else that drags you down.
I’m only human, so I’m sure I’ll deal with it again. But right now, I’m going to do my best to enjoy every moment of my life.
Time flies when you’re having fun.
Or when you’re not having fun.
Time just flies.
Just last year, I was basking in my access to Tigers playoff tickets thanks to Eliza’s job with the Detroit Tigers. I was able to watch the first Tigers playoff game since 1987. They won, destroying the Yankees. Comerica Park was going nuts.
A few weeks later I was able to go to the Tigers only World Series win in the series.
Last August, we left Bethesda to start attending Living Word.
Last January, 3 nieces were born. Now they’re 9 months old!
This past September my oldest nephew Bryce turned 5!
I turned 34.
I’ve been married over 4 years!
Everywhere I look, I see time keeps moving, and seemingly faster than ever.
Just last week I was on a cruise vacation. (I can’t believe I’ve been home this long already!) Lize and I went with 10 other friends and family. It was a great vacation, but there were a couple moments where I got pretty frustrated.
It seemed we couldn’t make group decisions at times. We’d stand for minutes (seemed like hours) and go in circles with what was the best thing to do.
And when we did make a decision, I almost felt as if my voice wasn’t being heard.
That was frustrating to me. When I’m on vacation, I like to get up and go. Whether it’s going to lay out, or go on an excursion, or walk around the boat or port. I just like to be doing something. The good soldier that I am, I would go along with the group. I’d be grumpy for a little while, and go on my way.
At times I saw other people being frustrated for the same things, or for other reasons like food, outside temperature, sun, rain, taxis, room service or lack thereof.
But as I was driving to work yesterday, I realized how much time was wasted by being frustrated and grumpy.
Here I was on the biggest cruise ship in the world, not having to worry about work, traffic, work, traffic, work, traffic, fitting in other important functions and commitments, work, traffic…..and I wanted to be frustrated about not doing something I thought would be more fun.
Granted it was only a few hours in an 8 day vacation, but it was time I wasted.
So what if we walked across the street for dinner instead of driving 10 minutes to a different place. We were still able to eat good food, in good weather, with great people.
So what if it took 15 minutes to decide we wanted to eat again. We were going to be with good friends, eating good food, on the greatest cruise ship in the world.
So what if I didn’t think we needed to make a stink about where we’d play cards. We were still with good friends, playing fun games, eating good food, on the greatest cruise ship in the world.
Above that…God is good, all the time.
Just yesterday, Liza and I went for her first ultrasound. We saw the little one for the first time, and even got to hear the heartbeat.
It was awesome.
And again I realized how good God is.
And it’s up to me to choose to enjoy the moment I’m in.
We don’t know what the future holds for us. We don’t know what tomorrow holds for us. We don’t even know what the next minute holds for us.
I may never get to go on another cruise vacation.
I may never get to hang out with that group of people ever again.
This could be the only baby Liza and I ever have.
We don’t know.
We do know what the Bible says and it says our life is but a vapor. It’s gone before we know it.
So why waste it being angry, upset, frustrated, or whatever else that drags you down.
I’m only human, so I’m sure I’ll deal with it again. But right now, I’m going to do my best to enjoy every moment of my life.
