Friday. Finally.....

Who doesn't look forward to Fridays? To the weekend?

I'm reminded of a co-worker, Ellen. 20 years ago now. Wow.
I would guess that she was the age I am now.
All of us 20 and 30 year olds would whine all week long.
For Friday. For the weekend.

Stop, she would tell us.
Stop wishing your lives away.
Time already goes by so quickly.

Before you know it, she said....
You will be my age....
And you will want to slow time down.

You will long for the days when you were young.
And had your whole life in front of you.
So stop, stop wishing for time to fly, for the weekend to get here.

Those days, the years...they have flown by.
They have.
And I remind myself to not wish the week away.

To enjoy life.
I force myself to slow down.
And enjoy the little things.

Birds chirping in the early morning.
The sound of the ocean.
An ice cream cone.
Watching fireflies at night with my better half.
An ice cream cone.......