Wednesday, January 19, 2011

An Ode To The Cliches About Time

Cliches, oh how many of them I've heard in my lifetime and so this blog is "An Ode To The Cliches About Time". Just to give a quick snap shot on why this seems to be the theme playing over and over in my mind, it's because of the following: 1)A friend of mine had a birthday this past Sunday. She was up in Philly visiting her mother who was suffering from a liver illness. Well on Sunday guess what??? No more guessing, "time's up"! Her mother passed away. I couldn't even bring myself to say "happy birthday" because what's happy about a circumstance such as that. The one who brought me into this world left 30+ years to the date of having given birth to me. I can't even stomach that feeling let alone find comfort in the asylum of time 2)Another friend of mine who I've known for nearly 10 years, she's been known to suffer from seizures but none as severe as the one that left her lying cold on Sunday, only to be found Monday....dead. I guess it was "her time" is what I've been told 3)The third person in this "ode to time" is one who will be leaving for an East Caribbean P.Corps assignment on 01/27/2011, just 8 days away. Whew I guess you can say "time is winding down".

Time...it waits for no one. Will you be ready when it's time? What have you been doing with your time? Use your time wisely. The time has come. I guess it was just his/her time? All things will happen in due time? Time heals all wounds. Give it some time. You better hurry up or else you'll run out of time! There's no time like the present. What time is it, it's game time? Maybe next time. This just isn't your time. Just give me a little more time. When the Lord says it's time. Time is winding down. Time is up. It's almost time. etc, etc, etc.  TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME!!!!

"Woo-saa"...now that I've gotten that out of my system!!!!!! One things for sure is this, no matter what , time is the undeniable measurement of "what's left" on our things to do list. I'd better wrap this blog up, make haste and go use my time to be about the Lord's business. It's time to dig a little deeper because I cringe to think about my buzzer going off and there still being things left to do when it's time to go to Malawi and my family having to pick up my slack for what Dawn should have already accomplished, or taking my last breath on this earth only to see God holding a long scroll of all the stuff that Dawn didn't do but was supposed to do. These expressions are based on convictions from seeing things happening on the inner and outer skirts of my circles of influence. It's not to say that any of the named above haven't used their time wisely but rather me saying if I was in any of their shoes, I wouldn't be 100% ready because I still need just a little more time.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

2011 ....7 Weeks Left

I really fell off from this whole blog thing. It's not nearly as easy as I thought it would be. I surely over estimated my frequency using this medium of communication but in having done so it wasn't for any reason in particular. Some days I wasn't bored enough, some times I just didn't feel like it, and quite honestly there have been some tough days of tears that I care not to divulge via-internet. All in all I foresee this being a necessary tool to use once I've gotten to Malawi and settled in, but until that time in my mind, my heart, and with my free time I'm just counting down, making the days with family & friends count, and preparing for quite the transition. 2011 has finally arrived; I'm blessed to be apart of it. Guess there's no more of that, "I'm leaving for Africa next year" when people ask when does the Peace Corps assignment begin. My time has come. #7WeeksLeftTilDeparture