Countdown

                                    My Journal                                 Date: 24/07/09

I am reminded of this song in Les Miserables, "One Day More". Why do people like to count down so much? One more day to something significant, the day of victory, of new beginnings. Explosions and earth-shaking. What really happens? After that? The hype is gone, life resumes its normality. I, for one, am someone who believes in the moments. The moments in life when something you never expect happens and you just allow it to lead you. We plan things and countdown to remind ourselves of the hope we've for something better but why can't that happen today? Why must it be 10 days later, 5 days later or what.... The tension building, excitement materialising, hope rising...Maybe that's what we all need. But why not start each day in anticipation? Becos experience tells us it'll never happen? What colour is today? Is it the same old grey or a beautiful orange, red and yellow. Or splashes of it? What to expect? Nothing else except for that appointment in the schedule book.

I am starting to have an inkling to the purpose of counting down. More than the hoping, it lets us know that reality is coming. It's not just wishful thinking or building sandcastles in the air but as the day draws nearer, we know that it's more than just a dream. Something that is so BIG and that which seems too good to be true, is actually happening. The waiting, in itself, is not passive. Rather, it's part of the process. Part of the whole deal actually. When the event comes, the preparation and anticipation will reap its fruits :)

What are you counting down to?