My point being is that there will be times
in our lives when we may choose to not want to experience the current events
that we are having to live through. These
are times when we want to fall back on our memories to a more simpler time in
our lives.
I think of one of those times now. When I was growing up during my early teen years,
we lived in a house that sat right on the edge of town. I’m talking about RIGHT on the edge! When you crossed the street toward the front
of our house there was the grocery store.
At one time it was a Colonial store, I don’t recall exactly, but I
think it changed names at another time.
If you went just behind our house on the
next block there was a small convenience store with a laundry attached to the
side. Toward the side of the house that
faced town was an auto parts store. It
was behind this store in part of a vacant lot that for a long time sat an abandoned
school bus.
I say the bus was abandoned but I think
that the auto parts store owner probably became possessor of the bus for some
unknown reason to me and this is where he wanted to leave it setting. For whatever reason the bus sat there for
several years and it become an amazing place of adventure to me.
Who would be able to resist sitting at the
wheel of this wonderous machine and pretending to be the driver who had the
responsibility of transporting all types of different kids to their classes
during the summer period of school? I’m not
sure how many “miles” I must have put on that bus during these various
journeys.
That bus also became the cockpit for many
space adventures. I commanded great
expeditions into the vastness of space and had many encounters with beings that
you would never be able to imagine. On
one occasion I actually had developed a bus route into space where I would
collect various species of alien children so they could attend a space
academy. At this training location they
would learn to present themselves as earth children and have to understand what
“normal” kids did on days they didn’t have to attend school.
During a couple of summers, I spent many
hours within my fantasy “job” of caring for the needs for all the individuals
who were dependent upon that bus. I
would even spend some of my time going through the bus cleaning the seats and
windows and floor so that all would be in a presentable order for all my “kids.” I mean, who would want to have such a great
vehicle and not have it in presentable order?
However, time passes, things change. People change. You grow and your life moves on. But there are times when I pause and ponder
back to that simpler life and wonder if there might be some way to, even if for
only a moment, recreate that moment in time once again?
We all have within us those memories we would
like to relive. Those times when life wasn’t
going by at such a fast pace. Those
moments that have perhaps defined our lives for all times. Can’t you hear it? Stop - - - listen! Is that the past calling out to you? If you would slow down and listen, I’m sure
you would hear it too. Never forget - -
- we’re only human!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
THOUGHTFUL GEM
"If you can't enjoy your life now
at least enjoy the memory later."
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