Tuesday, September 14, 2010

LIVE AND ENJOY THE NOW!!!

I'm not a very patient person.  Through this adoption process, God is teaching me to be patient.  The adoption process is essentially a series of waiting periods.  Waiting while gathering your paperwork, waiting while your paperwork is translated, waiting for a referral,  and in our case waiting on test results, waiting for a court date, waiting for travel dates, waiting for birth certificate, and finally waiting for second travel dates!!!!  Waiting, waiting, waiting!!!  And in this time of waiting (and time of learning patients) I am also learning that I need to slow down and live and enjoy the now.  I can always remember my mom saying, "Don't wish your life away!".  I thought that was one of the silliest sayings I had ever heard.  But now that I am older and in this waiting process, I get it!  I totally get the fact that today is something I can never get back. 
The song that is playing is called "Blink" by Revive.  This song makes me cry every time I hear it because it reminds me of just how quickly life goes by and how fragile life is.  It reminds me that I need to enjoy every moment, even those moments that I get frustrated, angry, upset, tired, and yes, even those moments of a four year old temper tantrum.  And I hate the thought of looking back and wishing that I took more time to enjoy life, especially life while my kids are little!
The words to this song are so powerful.  I hope that you will not just read the words or hear the words, but that you will actually take the words to heart.  The lyrics go like this:

Teach me to number my days
And count every moment before it slips away Taking all the colors before they fade to gray I don't want to miss even just a second more of this

It happens in a blink
It happens in a flash
It happens in the time it takes to look back I try to hold on tight, but there's no stopping time What is it I've done with my life It happens in a blink
When it's all said and done
No one remembers how far we have run
The only thing that matters is how we have loved I don't want to miss even just a second more of this

It happens in a blink
it happens in a flash
it happens in the time it takes to look back I try to hold on tight but there's no stopping time What is it I've done with my life It happens in a blink

Slow down, slow down
Before today becomes our yesterday
Slow down, slow down
Before you turn around and it's too late

It happens in a blink
it happens in a flash
it happens in the time it takes to look back I try to hold on tight but there's no stopping time What is it I've done with my life It happens in a blink

This song has totally changed the way I view my day!  I hope it changes your too!