Ah, the end of the semester. Fears of alopecia have subsided, and I don't have to consider selling organs or bodily fluids to pay for gas anymore. The thing about this semester that stands out the most is just how fast it went. I'm hardly advanced in age, but I think the brevity of life is starting to become more apparent.
I've had an image in my mind for some time now. In this image a child is running as fast as he can through an open field. He is completely engrossed in his running and nothing else matters to him, but the more he runs the further ahead he can see. It soon becomes clear that he is running toward a cliff, but he can't stop because of the momentum he has built up. The child is all of us, the field is life, and the cliff is the end of our lives.
As children, we are desperate to be adults and so we run as fast as we can towards adulthood without any thoughts about the present and by the time we realize we need to slow down it's too late, we're already speeding toward the precipice. We all have a cliff that we must go over one day; nothing will stop it. However, we can change how fast we run to it.
Take time out of your life to enjoy the small things. Have a glass of wine with your dinner, (white for me, tannins you know) listen to your favorite song over and over, play fetch with your dog, (or cat if you're a freak) but most of all, love. Love your family, love your friends, love the people who don't always seem very lovable, and I promise you that your little jog to the cliff will be a lot more fulfilling.
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