I've noticed recently that I don't stop long enough to enjoy the things around me. Within the past two weeks, so much has been happening but I don't slow down long enough to appreciate any of it.
When it snows, I'm too preoccupied with how I'll get to school instead of stopping to see how beautiful the snow on the trees was.
When we took my little sister prom dress shopping, it hit me for the first time how much she has grown up. I mean, for Pete's sake, she's a junior in high school! When did that happen?!
Looking back on all of this, I realized I've missed so much in life! It makes me wonder, how much in the past 20 years have I missed? I haven't said to myself "just stop." My daily routine consists of mostly work and school. And I have four hours every night to do homework or pick up my room. This leaves no time for anything else. I don't get out anymore to take pictures, I haven't picked up my guitar in so long I wonder if I'll ever be able to pick it back up, I haven't met my new nephew yet, and I barely see the man I love.
The things I love most in life, I have missed out on. It's almost been a month, and I haven't had the time to drive two hours to see my new nephew, and I have to miss his baptism and my niece's birthday. If I don't have time to see the people I love most in life, what am I doing?! What else am I missing out on? Will my nephew ever know that I didn't go see him in his first few months of life? I'll miss all of his firsts. My niece is growing up before my eyes- every time I see her she gets bigger and bigger.
So before you end up as the person who misses out on their family and what life could hold, just stop. Stop and look around before you see yourself becoming the person who doesn't remember what real fun is.
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