Acceptance
What did you say? Summer is over? Yesterday was Labor Day the unofficial end of Summer. I silently admit I’m happy. I hate the summer heat and humidity. Give me cool temperatures and the need to bundle in a sweater or cozy sweatshirt and I’m happy. My energy picks up and my attitude changes.
On the other hand, its sad that the summer past me again, all too quickly. A friend said to me the other day…”You know what that means, don’t you?…Where getting old.”
We talked about being kids and thinking that it would take “FOREVER” for school to end, for summer to end, to reach 13, to reach 16, to have our first date, to take drivers ed, to graduate high school, or to have our first legal drink at 21. And then something happens…your life gets put into fast forward mode. Suddenly, you stop and think…”when did I get to be ‘this’ old?”
Although I love the fall and winter, the passing into these seasons remind me of how old I am and what I have yet to accomplish. When she died, my mother was only 1 year older than I am right now. At the time, I thought she was old. Now, I realize how young and short changed her life was.
The good news is that with this changing season, I have a load of opportunities waiting for me. Expect to hear more from me the next few months. The series work (pictured here) I did this summer called “Acceptance” is a reminder to me that I must let go of the burdens in life and enjoy all the possibilities. I vow not to grow old in mind or spirit.
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September 24th, 2009 at 7:36 am
Just had this same conversation this morning. Time seems to fly faster and faster the older we get. I think we realize that we do not have control over how long we have and we want to accomplish so many things before it is too late. It is so easy to look around and see those who are less fortunate than us and we know we could be one of those whose time has come. So best to just live every day to the fullest.