It Never Stops

Do you remember as young girls, how the day seemed to lazily pass by (or drag on)?

I remember.

I remember napping on the grass after watching the clouds pass by.

I had all the time in the world.

Sometimes, I had no concept of time, especially for appointments (which drove my folks to great irritation levels).

Life was quiet.

Serene.

Leisure.

Somewhere, somehow, I lost touch with that life.

Entering Adulthood

Even as a teenager, I still found the time to enjoy the spring blossoms as I walked to my destination.

I enjoyed the quiet of a library, reading and losing myself into worlds the books would describe to me.

For a while, it balanced out the busyness and stress of ongoing activities and classes.

I remember thinking that I wanted to retain that balance throughout life.

In my twenties, I jumped into an active lifestyle with full-time ministry.

At first, I didn’t notice that those quiet times were no longer there.

I still took time to enjoy spring blossoms, but eventually, that also stopped.

Adult Life

Full force into adult life, the quiet times dissipated silently.

Eventually, I began to feel tired, but sleep never fixed the problem.

I was in high gear, always doing something all the time.

There were moments when I could surge forward and succeed at anything I put my hand to do.

There were also those elusive spaces where I noticed that something was missing, though I couldn’t put my finger on it.

My thirties kept me busy with personal development, dealing with past hurts and implementing a lifestyle of forgiveness.

My forties blossomed into the hearts desire of furthering the kingdom of Yahweh in the hearts of others.

This is where life started to slow down because it took time to invest in relationships.

Slowing Down

I began to spend more time with Yahushua through journaling (though, when I reread the entries, the raw emotions strongly suggested diary).

I began to invest deeper into my relationship with Yahweh, where I was communing with Him and Yahushua on a very regular (minute-by-minute) basis.

Life still hurdled its problems, challenges, responsibilities, tasks, jobs, and whatever else it could at me.

For the most part, I managed to absorb and complete at the expense of sacrificing my own rest time.

I had 20 years experience of running in high gear, ready to jump into action any time day or night.

As I learned to slow down, life didn’t slow down with me.

I had to carve out the quiet time now.

Write it in my calendar, put it in my schedule.

I knew that if I waited for life to slow down, I would still be running in high gear because life never stops.

There are always chores to do, responsibilities to shoulder, tasks to finish, and projects to complete.

There are always problems to solve, challenges to overcome, hurdles to jump, setbacks to work around.

It never stops.

Trust me.

I know.

Don’t wait for life to happen for you.

Do something about it because it never stops.