Good times and bad times are both past times

I was talking to a friend yesterday that I haven't talked to in probably three months. We talked about missing good times. I thought about all of the good times I had ever missed. There were only a few main times that I really really missed. Quizzing and youth group around eighth grade with some really special friends when I was super on fire, Street Invaders when I was really on fire and made some tight friends that were like family, when I was dating Michelle and when I was waiting for Clarissa (not because those two girls made my life fantastically wonderful, but because I was tight with friends during that time; don't get me wrong, they were fantastically wonderful girls, but...maybe someone should buy me a shovel for Christmas as I seem to be good at digging holes), my first Christmas musical when I used to have sweet talks with friends, flying when I got tight with some friends, and Tour Choir with friends and good times (surprise surprise).

The common variable with all of these things was never really clear to me until after I finished talking to my friend last night. They all involve my friends and good times or good music or both, but mainly the friends. Friends are where it has always been at for me, and lots of people could tell you that. By the way, the common variable really doesn't have anything to do with anything, but it was a new discovery for me so I shared it.

I also have somethings I'd really rather never happened at all and never happened again. I'll save the details, embarresment, and your time. What I realised was this: whether it was something that made your day/week/year or something that left deep, infected scars in your life; whether you wish for it to happen again or to never happen ever ever ever again; whether it was a good time or a bad time, it is and will always be in the past. Doesn't really make you feel better to realise your life is now 18 years over and you can never get that time back, but once you realise that you begin to understand that you have to cherish the moment and not waste one second.

So here is my challenge to you and to myself: don't just breathe; LIVE! Seize the day. Carpe Diem. Enjoy life and live without regrets.

Lance