NOT FOREVER

A quarter of the year has passed. Gone. Never to return. That time of year when we need to take a step back to reflect on the past three months to see what, if anything, we have accomplished from the list we made. That one we always seem to jot down as the fireworks of the new year display its colourful beauty in the skies around the world. The one we vow to follow, no matter what.

As days go by, we believe we can cheat time as we delay making steps towards the progress we seek. We think we have all the hours and minutes in the world and go about each day with our minds closed to the inevitable. That the time we have on this Earth is finite. It is not forever, as much as we wish it to be. As long as nothing changes, we hold on to the false belief that ‘I can do that tomorrow’.

But life has a way to show us that change is the only constant it can offer us. Unexpected and, at times, unwanted. A change that is unpredictable, appearing at a moment’s notice. Yet, without it we cannot succeed in the things we wish to make different about ourselves, which eventually will lead to making a change in the world around us. Though our time here is not forever, the impact we leave behind can last a lifetime.