Days go by…

by | Jul 19, 2024 | Happiness, Living in Costa Rica, Mom Life

Days go by

Anyone else feel energetically like the last 3 weeks or so felt like 6 months long. I’m picturing the memes that show before and after photos of movie stars from one movie where they look dazzling and shiny and the next picture is a movie where they have barely survived an epic battle with the odds stacked against them and a strong wind could knock them clear over.
One of the memes that comes to mind is Tom Hanks, he could be in…well at different stages of ‘Forest Gump’ or ‘Big; to his Wilson! days.

And the song playing in my head is Keith Urban – ‘Days go by’

I’m changin’ lanes and talkin’ on the phoneDrivin’ way too fastAnd the interstate’s jammed with gunners like meAfraid of comin’ in lastBut somewhere in the race we runWe’re comin’ undone

Days go byI can feel them flyin’ like a hand out the window in the windThe cars go byIt’s all we’ve been givenSo, you better start livin’ right now‘Cause days go by

 

Out on the roof just the other nightI watched the world flash byHeadlights, taillights and runnin’ through a river of neon signsBut somewhere in the rush I felt we’re losin’ ourselves

 

And days go byI can feel ’em flyin’ like a hand out the window in the windThe cars go byYeah, it’s all we’ve been givenSo, you better start livin’ right nowAnd days go byYeah, the days go by

 

We think about tomorrow, then it slips awayOh, yes it doesWe talk about forever but we’ve only got today

 

And the days go byI can feel ’em flyin’ like a hand out the window as the cars go byIt’s all we’ve been givenSo, you’d better start livin’You better start livin’Better start livin’ right now
‘Cause days go byI can feel them flyin’ like a hand out the window in the windThe cars go byYeah, it’s all we’ve been givenSo, you better start livin’ right now‘Cause days go byYeah, these days go by
Oh, so take ’em by the hand, they’re yours and mineTake ’em by the hand and live your lifeTake ’em by the hand, don’t let ’em all fly byCome onCome on nowYeah, come onDon’t you know the days go by?

‘Days go by, I can feel ’em flying like a hand out the window as the cars go by

“You better start living right now, because days go by…. 

This reminds me of one of my favorite quotes from Marie Beynon Ray

“Begin doing what you want to do now. We only have this moment – sparking like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.”

I can absolutely get caught up in all the tasks that life throws at us and feel like the waves of the ocean are playing with me…not like I am the force to reckon with, like I want to be. And it shifts me into an energy that doesn’t attract what I want next in life. 

I want to be in a space of open heartedness, curious and excited for what’s to come. Backed by a solid foundation and feeling of groundedness, yet not stuck in my ways or way, open to amazing all that wants to come my way that is in alignment and better than I could have imagined. I want to call in amazing for me, my son and all our loved ones…can you be and do at the same time? It feels challenging, unless I’m massaging…when I’m doing computer work or cleaning or organizing, I have to remember to sing and dance while I’m doing it to call in more levity.

The photo above is my little one adding humor to life as he does so well, this is from days gone by when cleaning out the fridge due to an epic spill, and as he does he brings joy right in….so remember to let the joy into each moment, let the light in. You’ve got this! Anyway, there is more to come…. Sending love and light to all. 

Pura Vida,

Cheryl