I have had the same watch now for twenty four years. It was a gift from an uncle
that I got when I was just fourteen. It was one of the first digital watches
ever made and it weighs about two pounds. I have gone through about five
watchbands with it so far. Some of the numbers on the display are getting hard
to read as well. Still, I keep buying new batteries for it and refuse to get a
new one as long as this one works. My wrist feels strange without its familiar
weight on it and my heart still feels a touch of warmth from my late uncle's
love when I look at it.
A part of me too is reassured when I look down at this old timepiece still
working away after all these years. It gives me hope for myself in the years
ahead of me. This body of mine just turned thirty eight years old recently which
means that if I live an average life span on this world then half my life is
already over. Since a large part of the first half of my life was spent figuring
out what life is all about, this only leaves me the last half to really live my
life the way it was meant to be lived: in choosing and sharing love, joy, and
oneness with God. I take hope then in seeing my old watch still working away
after most watches are thrown away. It reminds me that I can keep working away
too and bring a little Heaven to Earth, no matter how old I get.
Whether you are a new clock, an old watch, or an ancient timepiece remember that
you still have time to make a wonderful difference in this world. You still have
time to warm some hearts with your love, touch some souls with your joy, and
heal a few lives with your light. You still have the time to live like you were
meant to, to love like you were born to, and to be one with God like you were
designed to be. You still have the time to bring a little Heaven down to Earth
and to ready your soul to fly from Earth back to Heaven.
Joe Mazzella mailto:joecool@wirefire.com
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