It seems that most of us want to say something wise, or at
the very least profound as we grow into a place that other people think we
should have surely learned something by now.
I believe if I made lists with
one side of all I know and the other side of all I do not know, the “do
not know” side would be longer.
Hopefully, however, the things I do know may be worth more.
There was a time when, if I heard a choir sing I thought
surely I needed to be up there helping them out. Now, I find joy in realizing I don’t have to,
and realizing just how well they sing without me. Learning to listen has been a hard lesson for
my hard head.
Sometimes my mouth gets too full of words from thoughts
inside my brain and spills it all out instead of swallowing, thus hurting
another person. Even if I could get my
foot up high enough to kick myself, it would not stop the damage words can
do. After the movie “Love Story” came
out lots of people around me often quoted the phrase “Love is never having to
say you are sorry.” Of course we hope
that real love is not doing anything we need to apologize for. Now I am wondering if part of love is
actually being able to say we are sorry
… and meaning it from that part of our brain that never should have
thought it in the first place.
Even though there are so many things I wish I had not done
in my life, I cannot spend the time I have left focusing on regrets, but must
look toward the future at any age, and
strive for the mark of the high calling of Jesus Christ. Of course I know perfection is out of reach,
but if I do one little thing better today than I did yesterday at least it is a
step in the right direction.
Now, let the birthday partying begin! By partying this year I mean fruits and
veggies. Hopefully if I eat enough of
those this year, next year’s party will include pizza.
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