My Someday is Today

Tonight I froze my toes off at a High School Football game tonight, in between plays I watched teenagers float across the bleachers as part of their social rituals. I'm a people watcher. I work with teenagers all the time but rarely just get to sit back and watch them work. Most, dressed to impress, made numerous trips from one side to the other. From the concession stands to the bleachers and back again, stopping several times in between destinations.

After the game I was informed by one teenager that it was a crazy night. Girls were just coming up and just talking to him. He had the opportunity to talk to at least three "hot girls". It was probably a high light of the school year for him so far. That was a big deal to him and to all the other guys who were hoping to talk to some "hot girls". I'm sure the girls were the same way wanting to talk to "hot guys."

I remember being in their very shoes. Making sure I wore the right outfit, said the right thing, and acted the right way on my social pilgrimages. But I also remember talking with my friends about "when I graduate, go to college, get married, and have kids, someday". Then tonight I realized my someday is here. I've went to college, I'm married, and my 1st daughter is on her way here. My someday happened a lot quicker than I thought it would. It seemed so far off at the time, as I paced the bleachers and hallways of highschool. My someday is today. Their someday is a lot closer than they realize. Their someday is tomorrow.

Do you remember when your someday seemed so far off? How quickly someday turns into today and then just as quick into yesterday. I heard John Maxwell say one time, "Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end the quicker it goes." How true that is. Even for me, a scraping young 26 yr old. (27 next week, geesh)