"How fast does time fly for you?"

Click here to listen to Dr. Joey tell his story!

My Grandfather used to tell me, "Son, I don’t understand it, but the older you get, the faster time flies."

Frankly I thought he was just an old man musing about life. I was younger, bullet-proof, sure that I could do whatever I wanted. When I was a kid, I thought it took forever for my birthday to arrive. Then finally I was a teenager. Then finally I could drive. Then finally I was 21.

But now that I’m a little older and hopefully a little wiser, I’m beginning to understand what he meant. Life has a way of accelerating as you get older. The days seem shorter and I wonder, "Where did the week go?" and "Is it time for my daughter to go back to college already? And how did she get to be a senior?" Then one morning you wake up and recall all of those times you said, "I’m going to…" and "I plan on…" and you’ll do it all "When things settle down a bit."

I’m not really sure that day ever arrives. So today, do something you’ve been talking about for way too long. Just do it. Go for it with God’s help. You see, that’s one of the ways you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

Discover more great stories like this one!