What is funny about this post is I had this exact conversation last night with my dad. We talked about how I move so fast into the future with ideas that I never start them. I often don’t even think about the present and can dream about what the idea or future could hold.
This has been one thing that has held me back in doing a lot of things, dreaming.

Heh. Our parish theme for our next church year — which begins on the 1st Sunday of Advent– is Strength(s) for the Journey. I lead the evangelism/faith formation team and so we are constantly using the word “journey.” Catholics are slow evangelizers, yet those who come to us, asking for baptism and the sacraments, are always in such a rush to get them. We are constantly having to tell new people, “slow down and enjoy the journey” because this journey towards the sacraments (baptism, confirmation, and 1st Eucharist) is mean to saturate your life — change your way of viewing the world. It takes time to turn around — with many false side trips.
I read this yesterday in a Greek Orthodox study bible as it commented on 2Peter1:13 (their translation from the Greek is: “…as long as I am in this tent — to stir you up by reminding you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent, just as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me…”). The commentary stated, “People live in a tent when on a journey or at war (when we are in transition).”
Isn’t that how it should be? And how ironic that Acts 18 mentions that Paul and his fellow Christian teachers — Aquila and Priscilla– were tentmakers! So they were able to provide people with tents for their journeys…and words to consider while on the journey.

Brother, you’re probably going to find that this is a tightrope/knife edge you walk your entire life. It’s not bad. It’s not good. It just is. Take those times when you savor the now and breath deep.

I have found that when you have kids you have to make sure you set time aside for such experiences or they don’t happen because their is ALWAYS something you ought to be doing…

Peace
Alan