I am a very scheduled and organized person and I hate breaking from routines. It messes my entire day up if my schedule is interrupted. But the older I get the more I realize how much I have missed because of the way I am. I am not very flexible and tend to follow a same day same old routine for the most part.  Since I was hurt 5 years ago I have come to realize more and more that there is so much I now will never be able to do that I should have done when I had the health and mobility to do them. But my scheduled life did not allow for it.

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't  thought about it, don't have it on their schedules, didn't know it was coming, or were too rigid to depart from their routines.

How often have your kids dropped in to talk and sat in silence while you watched "Something Important" on television? How often have you said, "In a little while, I am busy right now. "

I cannot count the times in the past when one of my friends has called and said, "How about going to lunch in half an hour?" or "Let's go for a walk." and I  would say, "I can't." because of one reason or another that wouldn't matter 5 years down the road.

Because we cram so much into our lives, we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect. We'll go and visit so and so when we can get a free minute in our busy schedules. But that minute does not come because it is not in our schedule or routine.

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of "I'm going to," "I plan on,"  "Someday when things settle down a bit" or "I wish I had".

When someone calls, seize-the-moment, be open to adventure and available for doing something different or not planned and scheduled. Be open to trying something different and you may find it is actually fun. Throw your scheduled routine to the side and do something different and new.

Don't let life pass you by because you were too busy to take the time to enjoy something while you still could. Make memories when you can and grasp the moment so you will look back with a smiling heart and a smile on your face. Make memories to tell your grandchildren when they ask "What did you do when you were young". 

Go get that ice-cream instead of worrying that it will put an inch on your hips. Go watch that movie you have been wanting to see instead of cleaning the dust bunnies. They will wait until you get home, I promise. The movie may only be shown once. Go to the zoo with your grandkids instead of worrying that it might rain. After all there are umbrellas to snuggle under together. Go out to dinner with your mate instead of worrying about getting the laundry done. They could be dead tomorrow and the laundry will still pile up.

Until next time  - take care of you 

hugs
Misker