Wednesday Walk: Our Time

About once a week I take my Bible in hand, close my eyes, and flip the pages until I feel I should stop. Then I skim my fingers along the columns of scripture until it feels right. I read the verse that my finger is covering. This was what I landed on today:

The length of our days is seventy years- or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away. - Psalm 90:10

Forgive me, for I know many people have written about the simple truth of life being too short and how we should treasure every moment we have here on this earth. We should kiss our loved ones and tell them we love them daily. Forgive a friend or say you're sorry to someone who you've been needing to reach out to. The list goes on... So do we ever listen? Maybe for a day. Maybe for a week if something has really touched us deeply. What makes us change for good? What makes us really LIVE our lives? Do we not want our 70 or 80 year old selves to look back and say, "Ah, what a life. I really lived it to the fullest." Do we not owe that to ourselves?

I've learned that not all of us are going to understand when we might encounter an EXTREME life changing experience, but there are little daily things we can do to slowly change our lives. Change the atmosphere for ourselves and for others around us. Take a moment to help an elderly person carry their groceries to their car (and don't take a tip if they happen to be generous enough to offer). Tip your server at a restaurant 25% even if he/she seems to be having a rough day (it will make a difference and most likely change their mood or make them think, trust me). Call up an old friend you've been meaning to get back to for quite some time (and don't make excuses for why you haven't called, just apologize). Bring flowers home to your mother, grandmother, significant other, assistant, mail carrier, whoever you may want to brighten their day because they do so much for you. Put an hour worth of quarters in the meter beside yours so the person who parks there has a pleasant surprise (it could make their day).

Its simple and we all can do our part. Why don't we? In helping someone else each and every day, we grow to find it makes our lives complete. Makes our lives worth living. All of a sudden, it won't matter that your car ran out of gas this morning, maybe your "someone" will come along with a full gas can. If not, don't worry. Maybe God was saving you from something you were supposed to miss. There's a reason for everything. Time quickly passes and then we fly away to Heaven. How do you want to spend it? Its your move.