Caught

in a chaotic cycle of unfinished projects,

unexpected tasks,

and unrealistic expectations.

Sprinting breathlessly, near broken,

on a treadmill that only runs uphill.

 

phones ringing

dogs begging

milk spilling

kids screaming

nylons running

car skidding

doors slamming

checks bouncing

blue lights flashing

surgeons slicing

batteries dying

just missing

 

Something needs to stop.

 

Set down the plate.

Hop off the treadmill.

Close the calendar

and open the window.

 

Look out at the world beyond your box

beyond your problems

beyond yourself.

 

Look and see.

That chaotic cycle is not all there is.

You are part of a world that is so much bigger

than you can ever imagine.

You are part of a plan

that is so much grander than you can even dream.

 

Just imagine –

there are tiny pine needles

on baby trees

growing on mountains

so far off the traveled path

that no human eye will ever see them.

There are glowing fish swimming in ocean trenches

deeper than a manmade submarine will ever travel.

There are huge burning balls of fiery gasses

balanced in an ever expanding expanse of space

that quietly twinkle when we look up at night.

 

No, our chaotic cycle is not all there is.

We are just a tiny, but most beloved, part

of His mighty creation.

 

We are small.

Time is short.

But our life will last forever.

 

So take your time.

Claim each moment

and live outside of the cycle.