And it's times like these we learn to live again.
It's times like these we give and give again.
It's times like these we learn to love again.
It's times like these time and time again
- Foo Fighters
The ultimate non-renewable resource. We can never get our time back.
Earlier this week marked 15 years since my grandpa passed away. He was able to meet Abbie a time or two before he passed, but never saw me graduate from college, never met my daughters, didn't see me turn into the man I am (or hope that I am) today.
He'd be happy that he didn't have to witness his tools being put into a Ford, as my uncle loaded some of his old tools into my first truck (a 2002 Ford Ranger). He'd be much happier today with many of those same tools having been transferred into my second GMC Sierra, but I digress.
Last week was Abbie's and my 14th anniversary. It feels like it was just yesterday, but also a lifetime ago.
Time is a funny thing. Once it passes, it is gone. The more it goes by, the faster it seems to go.
Times like these, remembering those we have lost or marking milestones are opportunities to reflect on our lives. What we are doing. Where we are going. Are those observations what we want them to be?
I was looking through some old notes and quotes I wrote in an old notebook and a couple jumped out at me.
In one, I had been thinking about New Years and resolutions, and how I used to think it was stupid. But I had the realization that unless I am already living life exactly how I want it to be, it is never bad to reflect on life, no matter how arbitrary the reason may seem.
The other was a quote from the show Billions, where Lara told Bobby, "If we don't mark the milestones, then we're just passing with the time."
Maybe it is rembering the loss of a loved one on the 15th anniversary of their death. Maybe it is the celebration of another year married. Whatever the reason, take some time to reflect and remember that time passes so quickly. Before you know it, it's gone. And time can never be replaced.