July 31, 2008 (Thursday)
Today is the last day of July, and for some reason it seems to me it has come around sooner than usual this year. Football training is already under way, and soon we will begin seeing exhibition games.
Why does time seem to go by faster as we grow older? I’m not sure why, but I know it’s a proven scientifically researched fact. Of course, the clocks keep ticking at the same rate for the 5-year-old as they do for the 75-year-old, but it just does not seem like that’s the way it truly is.
A good example to illustrate this is Christmas. How often does Christmas Day come around? The calendar tells us, but to the 5-year-old it seems like the year between Christmases is very long indeed. However, to the 75-year-old, Christmases seem to come back to back.
Be that as it may, time marches on, and we find ourselves getting older and older. The poet called old age “the last of life, for which the first is made.” True enough, if you stay in good health and maintain an enthusiastic and pleasant outlook on life. It’s a little harder for the person who is disabled, in pain and alone. Nevertheless, a year for one has the same number of days as it does for the other.
Before you know it, summer will be over, fall will have come and gone and winter will find you trying to heat your home, looking forward to Spring.
Many people have learned to live one day at a time. They are very wise to do so. We can make every day meaningful. For example, we can do a kind deed for someone or just give somebody a friendly call. It’s never too late to let our lives count for something good. Ideally, we say with the Apostle, “To me to live is Christ.”