as the plane made its way back, Dear John played on the screens and Savannah began to reflect on her life and its circumstances-and it hit me. everyone forgets about the one thing that really gets the world spinning. everyone forgets about the one thing that can go by so fast. they gain it. they lose track of it. they control it. it's the one thing that can fly by. it's the one thing that can stop a moment.
time.time is given to us; it's so easily taken from us; we can make of it whatever we want; and we can waste it any way we please.
italia didn't just open up my mouth and fill it with gelato; it didn't just open up my eyes and show them ancient ruins. it gave me a sense of time; as the new york minute passes me everyday, the words in which i type continue as the clock ticks; if you think about it, i'm using up my time right now, aren't i?
if there's one thing my uncle taught me, it's that you have to use your time, and make it yours.
the time you're given is the time that you need to spend living.
as i resided on the Italian peninsula the last 12 days, the time I spent there was time i'll always cherish, remember, and reflect on. that time may be lost for me now, but to gain it, i'll simply return to the moment-wheter it be by looking at pictures, telling a story, picturing it a moment in my mind, or hopping on a plane and going back.
rather, it'll be freezing a moment in time, and replaying it over and over again-like a reel of film, only I get to choose the scene. i'll return to italia, i'll return to the memories i made, my uncles "tuscan paradise" and the hills of the land where i discovered beauty, and myself.
i'll make the time.
so why don't we all make a little summer resolution; take your time, freeze it, gain it, lose it, waste it, talk about it, record it, run with it, remember it, make it.
i think it way thats exactly how everyone thinks, but quicklly get caught up in petty, vapid things that make you forget how precious time really is.
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