Living in the Yester-Years

I forget, occasionally, that God calls us to live in the here and now. To make plans for the future, but not "real" plans. To be loose and limber and bending about the how's and why's and where's He has set for us. He calls us to have JOY where we stand. And he calls us away from the past. I find myself too often yearning for the past, and usually it's a past I haven't ever known. The one where men wore leather motorcycle helmets w/ goggles and women still loved dresses. Little girls were taught by their mothers to make daisy chains and little boys' curious urge to squash that bug! was just a normal part of boy-dom.

Came across this beautiful quote. I hope it may inspire you to remember the Todays as it did me:

"I'd make more mistakes (if I had life over again). I'd relax. I would limber up. I would be sillier than I have been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take more chances. I would climb more mountains and swim more rivers. I would eat more ice cream and less beans. I would perhaps have more troubles, but I'd have fewer imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of those people who live sensibly and sanely hour after hour, day after day. Oh, I've had my moments, and if I had to do it over again, I'd have a few more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else--just moments, one after another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a thermometer, a hot water bottle and a raincoat. If i had my life to live over again, I would travel lighter than i have. If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go-rounds. I would pick more daises." ~Nadine Stair, 85Live in joy: Gen