a sip of water

I see my immediate world spiraling in front of me in all directions…it elevates with anticipation, plummets with anxiety, and caroms from one thing to the next. Can I stop it? Can I freeze time and relax so I can fully appreciate life’s dynamics?

College is done…I’m a college graduate and I’m proud of that. Now, however, life has seemed to stop for the moment and will only pick up again when I’m ready. Should I take my time? Should I hop on the fast lane and pursue a career as fast as I can? I don’t have those answers, nor can I predict what will happen next. This is an example of one of the slices of life’s many beauties in how we never can predict life’s next move- we can only watch it happen and wait till it does in whatever form that may be.

The moment before I walked the line at graduation I took a sip of water. I did the same thing the moment after I graduated and for some reason that particular sip of water was like no other I’ve ever tasted. Perhaps it was my thirst being quenched in the heat of that day, but I think something else was at work in this moment. It was life, my life, telling me that I was about to start a whole new chapter and end a significant one. I only hope that the next taste of water reminiscent of this one will be as stimulating and meaningful as that one was. Though I hope this sip of water will be before the start of something new, something different, something that will continue to set the pace for my fast paced life…or something like it.