What happened to the time
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was child, the whole world was in my mind,
My imagination was filled with visions of better days,
No thought or concept of real life’s delays,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was a child, victory was always mine,
I could put an idea in my head and it became my reality,
I could take a look at the world and never see any travesty,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was a child, all my cares were so far
behind,
I could dream a dream, and it was never deferred,
I could easily stay on the straight and narrow, and never
swerve,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was a child, not believing in me was a
crime,
But my, my, my, have times changed,
As I became an adult it appears the whole game has been
renamed,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was child, my optimistic spirit was nearly
divine,
Now pessimism is the soup of the day,
And all we do is work, there’s no time for play,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was a child, heaven wasn’t hard to find,
Days were long and nights were longer,
And the love me and my family shared seemed so much
stronger,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
I remember when I was child, everything was fine,
Now that I’m older I realize everything is still fine,
I just have to do a better job of keeping track of time,
Stop and listen to the birds, pause and listen to the bees,
Observe the wind, and feel it cut through the trees,
Where did it go, what happened to the time,
It didn’t go anywhere, the only thing that’s changed is my
mind.
I think it is very important for all of us to take a few
moments each week and honestly reflect on how we have arrived in our current
state. In these moments we will hopefully be able to clearly see and better
understand how we have reached this point and we will know how to proceed so
that we can arrive at an even better place.
It may seem that
times have changed drastically and the old ways of doing things just don’t cut
it anymore. I disagree.
I think it is our
perceptions that have changed and have caused us to possibly lose track of our initial
motivations, desires, and dreams. Reconnecting with those motivations, desires,
and dreams will make yesterday more fulfilling, today more enjoyable, and
tomorrow more exciting.
