Never thought life would be this

I never thought in my wildest dreams that life would have taken so many turns of events in so many shapes and shadows of reality. Everyone is talking about how our world is changing yet it is my life that is changing faster than the world around me. As I look over the years I am grateful for each of them but as the days seems to get faster and more insane I often find myself wondering why? Why did I think the way I did about all the things that I thought were so important and that they would just go on and on the way they were, when in reality they were just blimps of time that have raced by. I never dreamed in all my days that I would be 52 and yet find myself racing so fast just to live my life with all I can before this thing called life can be over. Yet my life is changing so fast in so many directions that I have come to the conclusion that all that really matters is that I take the time to enjoy every day, every moment, every event and every person that comes my way knowing that people, places and events may all be but a shimmering short moment in this thing called life. I now believe with all my heart that it is intended for me to enjoy the very spark of life that is within me and to enjoy the very fact that I am alive and that there will be people, places and events that will fill my life with memories that will last forever in my life. I have come to understand that things do change more rapidly than I am ready for and that people come and go more often through my life than I would like. So today I choose to enjoy everyone in my life, and to look forward to the memories that I will hold dear long after the people, the events are gone. For that, I am so grateful. The question for today is: Did I take the time to see and experience everyone, every thing and every event that came into my life with awe and splendor. I am grateful for it all, no matter what that may be. Until then, I look forward to what the night and the new day may hold for me to experience. It is a page and chapter in my life. I embrace that adventure of this thing called life just like an artist waits for the picture to be revealed on their canvas. Every stroke of the brush, every color added or blended is what will make it a masterpiece. So, today we paint on the canvas of my life. To all who are in my life, you are the colors, the brush strokes that fill up the canvas of my life. I again, am so grateful for each and every one of you that play a part in my life and the memories that you help to create. What an awesome creator we have because my creator alone has allowed me to exist and I feel that that with each passing day I am learning more and more of what really is important and what is not that important. I close today with this final thought: You only get one shot at this thing called life so make the most of it today and live it to the max not forgetting to watch the sun rise and set in wonder of it all. I choose to slow down and take the time to look at each event, each person, each moment in time and to soak it all in before it changes once again.