I got to dance with my husband to this song at the reception after the wedding we photographed on Saturday, and it's been in and out of my mind since then. And I realized something. Some of its words just aren't true, or at least not to me, right now.
"And time goes by, so slowly..."
Time goes so fast, I sometimes find myself wanting to slow it down - in part, because the second half of that line, "and time can do so much," is so, so very true.
I was in St. Bernadette's this afternoon, spending some time in prayer, when I realized how much of this year is already gone, and how much has already happened within it. The next thought-prayer that went through my head was, "My God, why does it have to go so fast?"
So much happens each day. So many people touch my life, and in so many ways - but how often do these things happen so quickly that I don't fully recognize them?
How many times do I wish I could slow down a conversation, whether an hour or an afternoon, to linger there longer, to remain in those moments?
How hard is it to realize that, just as time passes away so quickly, changing everything, it's changing me, too - as well as those whom I hold dear. And what of those who touched my life, even briefly, and were carried away from me in time, on another path?
The eternal God created us as temporal beings, tied to the passing of time in our temporary earthly dwellings, yet bearing an immortal soul. Is that immortal soul the reason I often wish to slow it all down? Is it the soul's longing for eternity - i.e., a place outside of time? What a mystery it is...
Life in temporal uncertainty, not knowing what the next day will bring - but with certain hope for eternity.
+peace, and all good... and below, "Unchained Melody" ;-)
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