I have had the same watch now for twenty four
years. It was a gift from an uncle that I got when
I was just fourteen. It was one of the first
digital watches ever made and it weighs about two
pounds. I have gone through about five watchbands
with it so far. Some of the numbers on the display
are getting hard to read as well. Still, I keep
buying new batteries for it and refuse to get a
new one as long as this one works. My wrist feels
strange without its familiar weight on it and my
heart still feels a touch of warmth from my late
uncle??™s love when I look at it. A part of
me too is reassured when I look down at this old
timepiece still working away after all these
years. It gives me hope for myself in the years
ahead of me. This body of mine just turned thirty
eight years old recently which means that if I
live an average life span on this world then half
my life is already over. Since a large part of the
first half of my life was spent figuring out what
life is all about, this only leaves me the last
half to really live my life the way it was meant
to be lived: in choosing and sharing love, joy,
and oneness with God. I take hope then in seeing
my old watch still working away after most watches
are thrown away. It reminds me that I can keep
working away too and bring a little Heaven to
Earth, no matter how old I get.
Whether you are a new clock, an old watch,
or an ancient timepiece remember that you still
have time to make a wonderful difference in this
world. You still have time to warm some hearts
with your love, touch some souls with your joy,
and heal a few lives with your light. You still
have the time to live like you were meant to, to
love like you were born to, and to be one with God
like you were designed to be. You still have the
time to bring a little Heaven down to Earth and to
ready your soul to fly from Earth back to Heaven.
?© 2004 Joseph Mazzella |
