Waiting for Life to Start.

Waiting for Life to start?

"Well Kels," I can hear my dad say in his formal 'this-is-where-my-wisdom-can-be-taken-advantage-of' sort of way,

"It's already begun."

I read this thought a long time ago, and was reminded of it just the other day as I caught myself saying things like:

"Once school starts, then..."

or.

"Once I finally fall in love, then..."

or.

"Once I finish my degree, then..."

And it wasn't all that long ago when I was saying things like,

"Once I graduate high school, then..."

(I have)

or.

"Once I live on my own, then..."

(I do)

or.

"Once I go to college, then..."

(I'm here)

And look! Nothing miraculously has ever changed overnight, just because I've started a new chapter in my life.

If you can relate in any way (and even if you can't), READ ON.

The Life of a Day – Tom Hennen

"Like people or dogs, each day is unique and has its own personality quirks which can easily be seen if you look closely. But there are so few days as compared to people, not to mention dogs, that it would be surprising if a day were not a hundred times more interesting than most people. But usually they just pass, mostly unnoticed, unless they are wildly nice, like autumn ones full of red maple trees and hazy sunlight...

For some reason we like to see days pass, even though most of us claim we don’t want to reach our last one for a long time. We examine each day before us with barely a glance and say, no, this isn’t one I’ve been looking for, and wait in a bored sort of way for the next, when, we are convinced, our lives will start for real..."

Like my dad would say, "It's already begun."

I guess I need to be brave enough to realize that Life isn't waiting,

So why should I?