Posts Tagged ‘time’

Awake

{ November 20, 2008 @ 2:07 pm } · { Music/Links }
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I really love this song…it serves as a great reminder that nothing in this life can last forever, so you should cherish the moments you have. I’m reminded of a quote from the movie “Because of Winn-Dixie”:

“Gloria Dump says that you can’t hold on to anything. You gotta love what you got while you got it!”

~Opal from Because of Winn-Dixie

 

Awake

Josh Groban

A beautiful and blinding morning
The world outside begins to breathe
See clouds arriving without warning
I need you here to shelter me

And I know that only time will tell us how
To carry on without each other

So keep me awake to memorize you
Give me more time to feel this way
We can’t stay like this forever
But I can have you next to me today

If I could make these moments endless
If I could stop the winds of change
If we just keep our eyes wide open
Then everything would stay the same

And I know that only time will tell me how
We’ll carry on without each other

So keep me awake for every moment
Give us more time to be this way
We can’t stay like this forever
But I can have you next to me today

We’ll let tomorrow wait, you’re here, right now, with me
All my fears just fall away, when you are all I see

We can’t stay like this forever
But I have you here today

And I will remember
Oh I will remember
Remember all the love we shared today

Changing

{ June 14, 2008 @ 11:53 am } · { Musings }
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Time is slipping away from me.

I’ll never be like this again.

It seems like just a few days ago I was little, three and a half feet tall, drawing with sidewalk chalk. Then I was bigger. So many things changed fast. But many stayed the same.

Soon I became a teenager. My body started growing fast, even before I was officially in my teens. But still some things were the same. My heart was pure and innocent; I’d never known a crush. My brain developed and I was able to process more complex problems. But I still knew very little about the things of the world.

Suddenly, I became an adult. overnight, it seems, I had new responsibilities. My heart reached out and learned of pain, but it also learned of joy. My body learned new skills even as my mind continued to expand-for better or worse.

Now here I am. I’m young, witty, average in body, with a heart loving and longing to be fully understood and known and loved back. And I’ll never be like this again.

I’ll keep changing. Someday I’ll likely be older, perhaps a bit out of shape, maybe a bit cranky, certainly wiser for the ride. But I’ll never have now back again. Ever.

I’ve got to use the now I have. If I don’t it’s lost. It’s time to move.