Time.

Wow! Time goes by sooo fast but all at the same time, extremely slow.

I mean as I sit here thinking about how fast 17 years has gone by and I'm going through memories and going back in my mind to times that I've had when I was a kid to even just last night, I look down at the clock and It's been what, 2 minutes?! Is that all the memories I have? Well, I'm sure I can think of another year or twos memories but all in a total of a minute or two.

Time flys by when you look at the whole picture but when your in the moment everything seems to almost be in slow motion. The second hand on the clock seems to almost come to a stop, the fly thats been bugging(lol!) you even seems to slow down to the point where you can see its nasty little arms rubbing together, I mean when your in the moment time lets you breath.

And then all of a sudden, WHAM!, you glace at the clock only to find that its been 30 minutes and you have to get going now or you'll be late to the next thing in your on-going, always on-the-go life.

I charish those moments where I actually stop, look around me, take in the smells and the sounds and really have the chance to think. When you think about it, those moments are the moments that you store in your mind and those are the moments that you remember when you are reflecting back.

I don't think that we, including myself, do this enough. If we did, we would have soo many more wonderful memories and maybe just maybe it wouldn't seem like time is flying by so fast. If we didn't busy ourselves to the point where we don't even notice the things and people God has placed in front of us and the truly amazing creations of God that surround us, then we would probably be more thankful and aprreciative of life and the moments that we have with each other.

So, take a second or a few minutes to just BREATH, think and reflect. Just take a second(if not more) to look around you and notice the small things that surround you and even in the people your around. Be thankful.

You may just pause in your busy life enough to create a great memory.