Mark time with life.
How do you mark the passing of time? Is it the changing of the leaves that announce the rotations of the earth? What awakens you to the fact that you are older than last year? We live so much of our lives in streams, beautiful thoughts which grow and evolve without stopping, thousands of emails and Facebook updates daily which have no memory, they only know more. How do you know when time passes then, is it when the day turns to night? And then do you greet the morning? Do you say hello when the night shifts from light blue to dark blue to black, do you?
I’m pictured here with my one year old niece. Last time I was home, she was less than 10 pounds. Since then has learned to walk and talk. Recently she said “cat.” How nice it is to mark time now. No longer am I measuring on the how long ago did I graduate college or high school, or the distance between now and 9/11. I am now marking my time as she grows.
Mark time with life.
A Life of Wonder 