Ignore the Smell

 

The entire time you were growing up, learning to walk, discovering what food tastes like, attending school, sitting at job interviews, planning vacations, yelling at the kids, planning for retirement, fixing the flat tire and letting the dog or cat go out or come in, the clock has been ticking.

Most of the time we don’t even hear it.  It blends in with all the other noises in life.  The only difference is, most of those other noises change or stop.  Not the clock.

It was ticking at the beginning of the Bible and was still ticking throughout the Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons.  It didn’t even stop when Luke was learning to use the force.  You just may not have heard it, but it was there.

Between the time Clint Eastwood was asking if we felt lucky, and when Billy Crystal said, “Have fun storming the castle” it kept ticking.  An artist can drape it in light and shadow, and a skilled writer can pump it full of suspense, but neither can slow it down.

It is our destiny to be the grains of sand being relentlessly pounded by the tide.  Once we accept that, it becomes easier to relax.  Enjoy being tickled by the seagull toes and playing with the clam bubbles popping up around us.  Sure, there will be some days it really stinks, but those days will pass.