I have been on a bit of a music kick lately. Today is no different.
Music touches the heart. Music stirs the emotions. Music helps me be more “well-centered.”
I write this after having a friend remind me of the Jim Croce song, “Time in a Bottle”. Like all of Croce’s music, it moves me.
I began to think about the words. They reminded me that I cannot store time and wishes. These are for the present only. We have the memories, but the moment quickly passes.
There are so many days that I wish I could slow down time. There are so many moments that I wish I could save in a bottle. Unfortunately, time passes. So, we live every moment—every day—with gratitude for having spent it with the ones we love.
I have to many friends who have suffered the premature loss of a loved one and would give anything to spend one more day with their child or their spouse. Sadly, they can’t. They are left with the memories and the pit in their being.
If I could save time in a bottle? Knowing that I can’t, I am left with just one thought: carpe momento!
I take the advice of my friend, Andy, and shift my attitude from “have” to “get”. I get to spend this moment with the people who mean the most to me. It doesn’t get any better.
“If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day
‘Til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
If I could make days last forever
If words could make wishes come true
I’d save every day like a treasure and then,
Again, I would spend them with you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with
If I had a box just for wishes
And dreams that had never come true
The box would be empty
Except for the memory
Of how they were answered by you
But there never seems to be enough time
To do the things you want to do
Once you find them
I’ve looked around enough to know
That you’re the one I want to go
Through time with”
Written by Jim Croce • Copyright © BMG Rights Management US, LLC
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