Take the third line of the last song you
heard, make it your post title, and write for a maximum of 15 minutes. GO!
Shadows
Grow So Long Before My Eyes
From the
song: Baby, I Love Your Way (Big Mountain version)
Show a child
his or her shadow, and you’ll see how fascinating they can be. They make us look really tall or really short,
and they follow us around everywhere until they just disappear. As adults, we recognize that when they are
growing long, time is passing, and day will soon turn into night. For young children, time is a foreign
concept. Tell them they need to wait for
just 5 minutes, and it seems like 5 years to them OR they forget about the time
at all and become absorbed in something new. For an adult in middle age, time
is very real and begins moving faster than ever. The shadows grow long more quickly than
before, and all of a sudden you are grown, your children are grown, your career
is nearing retirement, and your own death becomes something you are acutely
aware of approaching. That’s why we have
to make the most of each moment; savor those times when you are purely happy
and completely content; be observant; remember the sight, sound, smell, and
feel of those moments because they move by quickly like our shadows
disappearing with the setting sun.
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