“For he will not dwell unduly on the days of his life, because God keeps him busy with the joy of his heart” (Eccl 5:20)

A person’s life is like a chain of time.  Some chains are long and some are far too short, but every life is composed of individual links that connect with one another.  These individual “links” are moments.  They are interwoven into the whole, but are special and unique in themselves.

Sometimes we are too focused on the “chain” to step back and see the beauty contained within the “links.”  Life is not just about careers, diplomas, weddings, promotions, and retirement dates.  Such goals are indeed important and necessary for a fulfilling and successful life.  But, as most successful people could tell you, accomplishing goals is often overrated when it comes to satisfaction.  There is always some higher mountain to climb or some nobler goal to achieve.  In fact, the accomplishment of one “life goal” sometimes leaves a person less satisfied, as he craves even more accomplishment in a cycle of ambition that is decidedly unfulfilling.

What we need is to give more attention to the moments.  As we talk with our children in the car or hold our wife’s hand in church, we are truly living out the beauty of life.  It is in these seemingly routine moments that we experience what it really means to live, and where we can find that elusive joys that is permanent and not dependent upon life’s circumstances.

Kerry