There’s Still Time

“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - Gandalf

(The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien )

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I woke up yesterday morning with these words ringing in my ears...

There’s still time.

As there are only four more days left in 2018, it seemed to be a reminder not to squander those four sacred days. Days that I will never get back. At this point in the year it can be easy to simply coast until the calendar turns over to a new year, thinking “I’ll get to fill-in-the-blank next year.”.  I’m not advocating taking on a huge project, or missing out on quiet, leisurely days with friends and family.

But.

I am suggesting that for me, and perhaps for others, there are things to be tended to now rather than later.  

A conversation to have. A change of mindset. Letting go of an old story so as to begin the new year with a better one. Forgiveness to be extended or received. A commitment to be made. A decision to be finalized. Hatchets to bury. A wound ready to heal into a scar. A stake to put in the ground about the work you want to offer in the year ahead. Grace to be offered.A question to consider. Baggage to leave behind.? 

There’s still time.