When, already?

 
Timing. It can be hard to trust. I don't know about you but I often question the timing of my life, sometimes wishing I felt further along and had more boxes "checked" by now. Not just for the sake of crossing them off of some list, of course, but just for all of the life experience that will, supposedly and hopefully, accompany each milestone. I try not to do this. I try to be in this moment, right now, here. But I'm human and (most of the time) hopeful, ready for what's next. So certain days it can be all too easy to look around and wonder, When, already?

But then I have a moment like the other night. I was just driving home a few miles and BOOM! bright fireworks exploded in the dark night sky. I love fireworks. I mean, they are right up there for me. I wanted to pull over to watch them, this sudden and wonderful surprise. But every car before me had the same idea and there was no room on the side of the road. So I had to keep driving, craning to see, hoping to catch a glimpse of something great. As it turned out, though, timing was on my side. Because every traffic light on the way home turned red for me, as if on cue. And I had no choice but to sit and savor the blinding sparks in the night sky that, really, seemed perfectly timed to when I could stop and watch...perfectly timed to my journey. There was no need to crane or struggle. All I had to do was keep driving. I was already in the right place. All I had to do was look up. My point? Wherever you are in life, whether you feel like you are "on time" or not: just keep driving. Trust you're in the right place. And keep looking up.