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Fading tan, fading memories - 10/8/09 |
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Around now many people are thinking about the holiday that has just past. The memories fade along with any tan that you may have managed to get. It is strange to think that before the holiday we could think of little else. We put so much focus and effort into the planning and preparation of the holiday and still time ticks down at the same rate and to soon it is past. So many people live from holiday to holiday and the routine of life just drifts by. We are in danger of missing so much in the moments we disregard. How many opportunities for blessing do we over look? How many moments of wonder slip past all because it is part of the routine?With our increasing fixation on these big markers in the year we disregard the uniqueness of each moment, that they are precious and will not come again. We are in danger of losing the wonder of a moment spent with others as we plough through the day desperate to get to its end. It seems to me an awful waste of life and living. There is the slow food movement encouraging us to miss the ready made meals and fast food and to dwell in the moment and process of cooking and eating and sharing with others. Perhaps we need to do the same with our life to a slow life movement, to be able to dwell in a moment and relish every gift that God sends.
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