Spent a week at the beach and did not see a single sailboat…seems a little strange. The weather was wonderful and the ocean was very calm but there were no boats. Maybe my timing was off and the boats were there but I just didn’t see them or maybe I was not looking for the boats as I was absorbed in other things. Maybe that is true of a lot of things in life – our timing is just off and we fail to see the spectacular around us…or fail to look for it. Sometimes our lives are so busy that we don’t stop to look around to see what else is out there. We are focused on taking care of our immediate needs, the needs of our families, or the needs of work. What are we missing?
It seems that there are so many things on our “must do” list that we seldom have time for the “want to” list. We just move from one thing to the next without much thought of the blessings around us. We are blessed with family and friends that seldom make it to the “must do” list. We all complain that we “need more time in the day” but how would we spend that time? Would we spend it in the same manner as the other twenty-four hours or would that extra couple of hours be magically spent differently? Would we just consume the extra hours with a longer “must do” list or stay at work the extra time just so we can get more “things” done?
How do we “spend” our time? It is ours to decide. What is really important? Life is so short and we only have a certain number of days. How do we make the hours count? How do we make the minutes count? It is time to look at what is really necessary…it is not the things that matter. It is the people that matter. We need to turn our focus to our family and friends and enjoy the time that we have with them. Appreciate them, laugh with them, cry with them, and be there for them. Let’s not overlook the people in our lives as I probably overlooked the sailboats…just didn’t take the time to see them for whatever reason. Open our eyes, ears, and heart to those around us. Listen to God to help determine what direction we take and what goes on our “must do” list. Start doing more of what is on the “want to” list and making memories that will last. Make each moment count…