Life is short.

This is one of those truths that become more and more self-evident the further along you get in life. It is met at first as a question of its legitimacy, next seen as coincidence of perspective in somewhat anecdotal context, finally to be fully understood when the passing of years is recognized as the passing of moments more than annually recognized birthdays. Opportunity is always formed in limited windows of time and, as people come and go through the various challenges and changes of life, each slim window seems slimmer than the last.

I am glad to be reminded of these things today. Without these reminders I am given to find myself passed by unnoticed. I need to change my behavior immediately. I need to grab the precious moments I am given and squeeze the precious drops into my favor and form. I need to wake up.