Relish the Moment

Relish the Moment
Tucked away in our subconsciousness is an idyllicSHOWER CURTAINvision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans thewoven labelcontinent. We are travelling by train. Out the windows, we drink in theROLLER BLINDpassing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving on a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of smoke pouring from a power plant, of row upon row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains andgucci shoesrolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.
But the uppermost in our minds iscanvas paintingthe final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour, we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we reach there, so many wonderful dreams willlandscape paintingcome true and the pieces of our lives will be fit together like a completedportrait paintingjigsaw puzzle. How restlessly we pace the aisles, damning the minutes loitering, waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.
"Whenpicture paintingI put my last kid through collage", "When I have paid off the mortgage", "When I get a promotion", "When I reachbag making machinerythe age of the retirement, I shall live happily ever after."Sooner or later,adidas shoeswe must realize that there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us. "Relish the moment" is a good motto, especially when coupled withe the Psalm 118:24:"This is the dayabstract paintingwhich the Lord hath made, we will rejoice and be glad in it." It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets over yesterday and the fearair maxof tommorrow. Reget and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.
So stop pacing the aisles andindustrial heatercounting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more icecreams, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more and cry less. Life must bebanner stand manufacturerlived as we go along. Then the station will come soon enough.
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is inmen's shirtsevery human being's heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station so long as it receivescross bike partsmessages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and powergas scooter spare partsfrom men and from the infinite, so long are you young.An individual human existence should be like a riverbrand handbagssmall at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being.