It seems that there is always a deadline. Right now I have to write a blog post. I enjoy blogging. I enjoy sharing my thoughts with others and reading what others have to say. But, right now it's just another deadline that I have to meet. This one for my PR class. (I really do like this Mandy.) I had a deadline that I had to meet today for my computer class as well.
I just received an email from my boss (not God, he doesn't email me) about a deadline for some reports that are due. I have a deadline for getting some new tires on the car before we can go home for Thanksgiving. I really want to be deer hunting right now because there is a deadline for that as well, as the season will end soon. Sunday is always coming and a meaningful sermon needs to be prepared before then. The Advent and Christmas seasons are upon us. The end of this semester is near. Deadlines...in this moment - as I look at my day, my week, my month, my life - I see an endless string of deadlines.
I like to know the meanings of words so I keep a dictionary close by. I looked up the word deadline in the dictionary.
deadline n. 1. a time limit for the completion of an activity, etc.
2. a line beyond which prisoners are not allowed to go.
Right now, it seems as though I am a prisoner to deadlines with no time to enjoy life because of them. In a way we are all prisoners to time because we only have so much of it. Once time is gone we can never get it back. I recogize in this moment that I need a break. I'm goin huntin.
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