Reflection Time
As we are about to change seasons once again this time from
Summer to Autumn (Fall) perhaps it would be a good time for reflection. Summer is the fast paced season of the
year. The time to enjoy the full throttle
pace going from winter and spring weather into hot summer weather. The warm sunrays give the human body energy
and a good all-around feeling, especially to those of us over 50 years of age. The
summer also gives us the fast pace of having the children and grandchildren
around us to provide the extra energy of always doing something or going
somewhere.
The arrival of autumn on the other hand coincides with the
return of the school year, and after school activities such as sports, music
and dance lessons. So for us, the demand
on the responsible adults, diminishes rather drastically. For those of us that enjoy having the
children around the change is difficult, and will require about a week or two
before we can adjust to the routine change.
While many changes are taking place, it’s not something new, it
happens every year at the same time. Someday
soon the children will outgrow the need for the additional school vacation
attention, and I know that I for one, will miss having them in my life
demanding my time. The high degree of interaction
is still needed but in different areas.
We need to always be on the lookout for those subtle changes that will
allow us to stay close to our beloved little ones.
This slowing down of demand on our personal time will allow us
to get on with the continued responsibility to our friendships that may have
taken a back seat to the needs of the young ones in our families. I’ve always been responsible to follow up and
otherwise maintain those friendships that have endured and carried me throughout
life. The feeling of responsibility was
instilled in me since I first read an obscured poem that I read back in the mid
1970’s:
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him",
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him",
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Don’t forget or ignore your friends, they are a precious part of
your life, and like all things valuable, they don’t last forever. The best is yet to come………..
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