When You Only Got 100 Years To Live

Just a quick observation . . .

I have been catching up on my Facebook and MySpace pages.  Not sure why but I have had a wave of people reconnect with me by becoming my "friend" on line.  But here I am.

I got a comment from a former high school classmate.  "Can you believe it's been 20 years?"

20 years?!?!

I said that phrase over a few times in my head when I read it.

Then I realized.  When I was in high school I was between the ages of 15-18.  And if someone said "In twenty years you will . . . " I think I would get stuck on the 20 years phrase and miss the rest of the sentence.  Twenty years is an eternity for an 18 year old.  At that time in my life I couldn't fathom a year or 18 months out as I contemplated going to college.  

But now I look back on 20 years and say to myself.  That wasn't long at all.

Oh a lot of things happened in that time span.  Graduation, Marriage, first job, first kid, second kid, third, and fourth, moving, succeeding, failing, ups, down, great luck, missing the boat.

But what I observed as I mulled that phrase in my head was the question . . . a question that I glibly shot back to my friend, Estelle . . . Is it that it doesn't feel like 20 years has gone by?  Or is it more we have come to realize that 20 years isn't all that long?  

My assessment . . . if that song is right and we only have about 100 years here on this earth . . . then it must be that we get a better understanding of how time flies.  And if that is the case we should be living every moment of those 100 years to the fullest.  Take the good with the bad and realize that the bad helps us understand and appreciate the good.  The good is precious.  And though we can't live in the good all the time . . . we can take it along with us in our memories.  And those memories are cherished and stay vivid when we share them with friends, with family.

Just a nugget of wisdom for us all to chew on for a the day or so.

For What It's Worth!

Take it . . .

100 Years

Five for Fighting

I'm 15 for a moment

Caught in between 10 and 20

And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are 
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars 
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live 
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind 
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life 
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star 
15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live 
Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on... 
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are 
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
Every day's a new day... 
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live