It's Fine

I recently read that the universe, according to some unnamed experts, is expanding at an exponential rate. Which does back up my complaint about time speeding up. So, when I say my oldest daughter is closing in on her 60th birthday...

I, uh, need a moment.

Whew! okay inhale ... exhale.

Amazing how much life, sixty years worth, can be pulled together in a few photos in a 3-1/2 minute music video. So much left out though. The tough times in a lifetime, of course, have to be skipped over, because, well, because.

But ignoring and not knowing the hard times, those challenging character building moments in a life, can make it impossible to really know someone, you might not really know a person if you don’t know the tough parts too.

So many kinds of people in the world, but the big divide is mostly between those who only see the negative and those who always look to the bright side, who search for the silver lining. And might be accused of seeing life through rose colored glasses. Those are the folks who always rise up in spite of negative forces seeking to keep them down.

These are those who don’t seek attention or applause. They just do what they have to do as they have to do it, one day at a time, always hopeful. Then, one day, just as an example, because they didn’t give up when they had to work, be a mother and earn a master’s degree, they could say they have earned great respect in the field of Audiology/Speech Therapy, having taught hundreds of special needs kids how to speak over the last 31 years.

Again, as an example, these are those like one who refurbishes and paints old furniture because she sees value in what others would discard. These are those like the one who delights in secondhand clothes. Who plants flowers in an old pot that she rescued from a dumpster, turning it into a work of art.

This would be one who smiles when she needs to cry. One who makes lemonade out of the lemons thrown at her. Who picks up the pieces, having been shattered, then puts them back the best way she can. And does not let the judgment of others keep her down, just moving forward, head held high. Saying, ‘It’s fine.’

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This weekend my daughter’s besties are doing a girl’s weekend retreat to celebrate her upcoming 60th, which isn’t til June. But! We have a packed benchmark celebrations calendar this year - gotta get things done! No piddle diddle!

After all, time is speeding up so we have to do our best to stay ahead of it don’t we.