It's Just a Matter of Time

Most of the time and when we think about it which is not too often, we notice that time has moved through our lives quicker than we had anticipated. Although, few of us, if any, actually thinks about or anticipates how quickly or slowly time will move by...  until we get old and see that there is not much time left in our lives.

More than likely this will never happen to anyway unless one of two things happen.  First, we have a near death experience.  Second, we decide to retire.  The near-death experience can be a diagnosis of a life-threatening disease, like cancer or a heart attack.

Most of the time, this reflection usually comes when we retire or are about to retire.  For some of us, it is difficult to stop working as that is all we have known.  Or, it is difficult because we have no idea what we are going to do when we retire.

For my wife and I, when we retired, we traveled as if we were going to die tomorrow, going somewhere every other month.  COVID slowed us down dramatically but after five years, we were burned out anyway.  COVID became a good excuse for us.

When life is not as good as expected or it could be, we tell ourselves that it's just a matter of time before everything changes again.  And, that certainty helps us keep a positive attitude.

The one certainty in life is the consistency of life changing.  It is not routine in the way it changes but it always changes.  Sometimes the change is for the good and sometimes bad.  However, whatever happens, it will happen again and go off in a different direction.

And, it is just a matter of time, before today's youth come to realize what I am talking about.  It is never too late to have that realization and having that realization will happen.