Have you ever noticed how quickly time passes when you’re having fun? Even when you’re working all day, every day, time just slips away. It’s fleeting…it’s so quick….it’s the blink of an eye. One day your little boy is 2, the next thing you know he’s almost 10.
Driving Route 66 this summer really gave us the chance to sit back and not worry so much about time. Usually, when we travel, we’re on a major highway, zipping along as fast as we can go. We always have a destination in mind and a time we need to be there by. Route 66 wasn’t like that, though. In fact, we struggled at first, especially my husband, because we both just wanted to go go go….but in fact, we’d planned to try to take our time and enjoy the sights along the way, even if it did take longer to get to California.
When Dan mentioned how hard he was struggling at first with just wanting to get on the road and go, I realized….as Americans, we don’t really know how to slow down. The opportunities present themselves every day, but we don’t know how to take them. We don’t know how to shut the door on work or responsibilities long enough to just sit back, look around, and enjoy the scenery. We have that funny feeling that rises up in our chest, urging us on and on and on.
Driving Route 66 helped us to sit back and see some of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen….things we’ll remember for the rest of our lives because it was time together, re-living history, but also because it was a back road….a slower pace….
Time keeps slippin’ away. Don’t forget the enjoy the scenery.
