Happy New Year

No soapbox this go 'round. Just waxing a little nostalgic/philosophical at this point. I always get a little maudlin on New Year's Eve/Day. Perhaps b/c Christmas break is almost over and work awaits. Not that I hate working where I work, it's just that I like being home w/ family and my own schedule. Can't blame a girl for wantin' it her way. :o)

As I look back at the year, all I can say is that time truly does fly. It seems like we just started 2008 and now we're at 2009. Sometimes I feel like I'm HG Wells caught in his Time Machine, but I can't figure out which button to push to make the infernal contraption stop. All I do is sit helpless in the chair and watch as the time rushes by on the outside. Whoosh, and the whole year is gone.

Do you remember the story of the boy who was given the ball of magical yarn? He could pull a little whenever he wanted to make time go by a little faster. The problem was he couldn't control how much time went by even when he pulled just a little. He would pull it when the situation got a little tough and zip to the next area of time in his life. The only problem was he found when he got to the end that he'd missed some of the best times of his life and was just an old man.

Sometimes I feel like that boy. There are times when I want time to go by so quickly. Something good is coming and I want it to get here. It's at those times, however, that the time seems to go by very slowly. Then the good thing comes and time zips by and it's gone. I've never really understood the reverse principle at work here. When I want fast, I get slow and vice versa. Huge puzzle at work.

I have a theory, though. God wants me to appreciate all the times I have. Quit being like the little boy pulling the string. He has me going through all sorts of things so that I will become more complete in Him. If I learn to appreciate the slow, then maybe the fast will slow down a bit because I have come to appreciate it all.

Don't know if it quite works that way, but maybe it's worth a shot.