Sep 26, 2011

Is the World spinning faster ?

Where did the time go? In a blink, I can't believe it. 
Only a quarter of the year to go, September is soon ending. 
While I walked was I unconscious
through months, days, hours, only to realize I'm here now. 
I still recall the beginning of the year
thinking 'it's going to be a long year' 
and yet here I am now. 
Work and kids are consuming but Troubles are too, 
that's where Time went flying, into a black hole of distraction. 
Can I slow it down? 
But then it has not been a good year, so let it fly, next year will be better. 
I'll have to attempt to be more present. 
When I think back, read what is written, lived through, had created along that way, 
I am quite glad; there are fruits and flowers, it's not all barren or sad. 
There are footprints too, not mine alone.
Where did time go?

3 comments:

  1. Yeah when you think of it just a few days more and wham! whoosh! whiish! we're through old and into the new.
    Beautifully penned optimism. Thanks for sharing.:)
    Happenings...good and bad...are blessed that's why we are happily able to sit back and say, "Gosh! how time flies..." This is when we r sort of happy and okay with the bad.
    You talk about footprints and i just have this poster of footprints and the words are like a balm to me each time i'm anguished and such times never fly and they are slower. i ask things like, "Where are You?" or "Why me?"
    The words promise relief and maybe u know this but i still feel like sharing...

    One night I dreamed I was walking
    along the beach with the Lord.
    Many scenes from my life flashed
    across the sky.In each scene
    I noticed footprints in the sand.
    Sometimes there were two sets of
    footprints, other times there were
    one set of footprints.This bothered
    me because I noticed that during the
    low periods of my life,when I was
    suffering from anguish, sorrow
    or defeat,I could see only one
    set of footprints. So I said to the Lord,
    You promised me Lord,that if I
    followed you,you would walk with
    me always.But I have noticed that
    during the most trying periods of my
    life there have only been one set of
    footprints in the sand. Why, when
    I needed you most, you have not
    been there for me? ” The Lord replied,
    "The times when you have seen only
    one set of footprints in the sand,
    is when I carried you.”

    Just to let u know, that i shall be busy for quite some time and might not be able to read posts what to talk of writing one. Requesting you to bear my silence but also to stay put. :)

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  2. These words never fail to calm and bring the quiet I need within me.

    You have a wonderful way with words Shivani, thank you.

    Take the time you need.

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  3. The world does seem to be spinning faster. Yes, it seems so to me too.
    It may have become a hackneyed phrase by now, “living in the moment,” but that’s all I can do to hold onto sanity at times. Be fully present and seize each new day. That’s been my mantra and lifestyle this year. It’s all we have. It’s all we’ll ever have: just today – yes?

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