Time is short

We hear it all the time from our older co-workers, friends, parents/relatives... Life is short...

Think about it... when we're born we're all getting older and the days keep passing by quicker and quicker.. Scary thought. We think when we're 15 that 30 is old, and when we hit 30 we can't think of how in the world we thought THAT was old...

Maybe because in MY generation, our parents were in their early 30's when we were teenagers and we couldn't imagine have that much stuff going on in our lives. Maybe since THESE days, the weddings aren't coming until later... in our late 20's, early 30's... even later for some... people aren't having kids until they're 30 - 40 yrs old.

Life IS short. I don't remember much of my high school days anymore. If I try hard, I can see faces, hear voices, smell the things that remind me of those days. We cling to our pasts as kinda a sick trophy that we survived those years with some amount of knowledge, and strength and it's hard to let go of.
Go to your ____ year reunion and see how old habits die hard. Those same kids that picked on you, yet have kids with yours @ soccer and talk to you like long lost friends all go back to NOT talking to you when they get around their "friends" from back in the day... ones that haven't spoken to them in 10 years... WHY????

We spend alot of time living our lives to serve other's wants, needs, expectations just becuase we feel that if we don't, they will somehow think less of us. We sacrifice our dreams and those little things that make us happy for someone that maybe isn't even aware, or doesn't care about what you want or what makes YOU happy. They only care about what you can do for them, and if YOU want something they expect to be rewarded for them "letting you" do something, or buy something, just enjoy something that you rarely get to...
Last time I checked, when you have someone in your life it's supposed to be a partnership, not a dictatorship. We all need our own time to pursue our dreams, enjoy something that is for "us" alone or just something as simple as having a nice quiet day at the park for no reason.

When we give up that which makes us US.... we die more inside a little everyday. We stop becoming the person that our friends came to want to be around. We stop being that person that our partner fell in love with in the 1st place. When that happens, we slowly drift apart and down the road the blank stares from across the room or next to you in the car turn into resentment, bitterness, regret and apathy.

Life is too short to be miserable. Life is WAY too short to NOT tell the ones you care about that you DO care. Taking that walk in the park with your family, the kids, the pets...
I was told a while back.. "the last thing someone on their death bed is going to say is ...GEE I WISH I WOULD'VE WORKED MORE"

I'm guilty of it... I've been called a workaholic. I've been told I work way too much and take too much on. I've cut back and tried to enjoy life more. Right now, I'm doing that alone. I hope that will not always be the case, but it is what it is... We can't worry about things we have no control over, and right now... I'm flying by the seat of my pants and have NO regrets....

LIVE your life, just don't get thru it... none of us get out of it alive.

Wow... looks like I'm back :)