It's summertime and the living is easy - for some but not all. Some keep running to catch that train or fight traffic. Others are making plans for a sand castle with moats and draw-bridges. So, who is right and who is not really wrong, but their priorities are just a bit askew.
Well, when you slip into your business suit and grab your attache case, do you ever think about life other than your portfolio or your bottom line? Do you ever consider that life was not meant to be lived in a cubicle making calls and drumming up business? It was meant to be lived, enjoyed as best one can, and to be shared. Now there is the hard part - to be shared. That means, basically, that if you are lucky enough to have a family and/or friends, then you are blessed indeed. But if you don't tend to the small "miracle" that life has bestowed upon you, then like your front lawn in front of that McMansion, it will dry up from the drought of no gentle rainfall or care and concern. The flowers that could have blossomed in the form of your children laughing and waiting on the drive-way for you to come home, will have vanished like the dew on the flowers in the early morning hours. You are the gardener of your life and only you can decide what are the weeds and what are the blooms.
If there are babies or toddlers in your life, then you know how quickly they change. You look around and they are walking, talking, and soon....well, they will be running off to play with their friends or running off to join a group that offers them friendship and attention. Time waits for no man/woman and neither does life. If you are not there to catch the fragile threads that make up the tapestry of your child's early life, then you will have to contend with the frayed ends that many times can't be made whole again. It may sound a bit harsh, but that is why it is so imperative to stop and smell the sea air at the beach, explain the ins and outs of fishing, and even just hold a tiny hand or carry a little body into the water for the first day of a swimming lesson. It's your life but when you decided to become a parent, it is also their life. Double pleasure and a double sword - depending on how you handle life - especially during the lazy, hazy days of warm weather, sunny skies, and giggles, laughter, and funny faces.
Arleen M. Kaptur July, 2007
Arleen M. Kaptur has written many books and articles on everyday living and finding peace and joy in all we do.
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