Life seems to slowly teach me
certain things. Some things I grasp easier than others. Others have to hit me
like sledge hammer for me to gain one ounce of respect from whatever situation
I’m facing. I keep finding myself thinking about the depths of life, how time
passes, and how it passes too quickly. It is a terrifying thing to sit and grasp
for a moment how quickly minutes really do pass and how far I’ve come in my 26
years of life. So much has happened. So much will still happen. Even though I
am young, I still feel like time passes by so quickly. The weeks all blur into
one and I’m left watching the leaves turn and fall yet again as the first snow
graces our lawn. Time moves quickly. I want to keep a hold of it. But how?
Maintenance. I know I’ve spoken of
this before, but it’s in the journey. Every day we are faced with a decision to
merely sleep our way through life or to take every day by the horns for all
that its worth. You have to make the decision though, it just won’t happen the
second you finally decide to quit hitting your snooze button and get out of
bed. Maintenance is found in the eating of wholesome meals, working out the
kinks in my muscles, keeping our house as much of a home as possible.
Maintenance is in reading a novel when life slows down in the evening. It’s
found in picking up a guitar or paint brush. Or having a campfire out back
while drinking wine and spending time with others. Maintenance is a massive
process.
I want to know that I have
maintained a good life, one that didn’t settle even when everything seems so
routine and mundane. Life can be found in the maintenance only if you are
willing to seek it out. We are all from somewhere, yet we have now found
ourselves here with one another. I don’t think that should be taken for granted.
I don’t think time is incredibly fair, but my goal each day is to make the most
of it, in whatever way possible. No matter if I sit in an office staring at a
computer screen all day, get to play a show, or experience the outside world as
nature has intended: it’s all about maintenance.
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