This is It! This is Someday!

 

“There’s no next time.  It’s now or never.”

Every once in a while something comes along and triggers our memory.  (Thank goodness for that!!)   Such was the case recently.  The trigger reminded me of a blog I had written quite some time ago.   I want to re-post it along with the beautiful follow-up comment from Hobopals .  

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All our lives we seem to be waiting for something. Many times we find ourselves saying that we’ll buy something someday or that we’ll do something someday or even someday we won’t have to do something else. At times we actually wonder if someday will ever come. 

Well, for us and many of our friends this is our someday.  This is it, Folks.  It’s here and for some it’s not working out like planned. Yes, we know some are struggling from health issues to family problems to finance problems and last but certainly not least, to RV problems …. Someday is here!

Even though we know many enjoying their someday we also know quite a few retired folks who thought someday was finally here only to find out it’s still in the future. We have good friends with very serious illnesses, friends with devastating financial surprises and even others with brand new rigs that continue to need repairs. There have been fires and accidents and even premature deaths. What’s with this? Is this IT? 

The elusive someday was supposed to be the time when working for survival was behind and everything dreamed about was finally going to come true. It was supposed to be the time when people were carefree without worries or bills or obligations. It was being free to do what one wanted and when one wanted to do it.  It was a time to travel without worrying about returning from that annual two week vacation.  It was time to do what we wanted. Someday was the day we all looked forward to!

Is this our Someday ~~

For many the reality of Someday finally being here was the day they retired, moved into their RV and hoped to live happily ever after as they began their adventure of exploring the back roads. Their Someday was a much anticipated event.  For some Someday was a big disappointment.  Things didn't quite turn out as they expected them to turn out.  For others it was even better than anticipated.  It’s that half empty / half full glass way of looking at things. 

We need to make the best of today and savor each moment because with life there are no do-overs.  We will never walk down this road again.

Or, to explain Someday in another way as sent by Hobopals  …. tucked away in our subconscious we have a vision. We see ourselves on a long trip that spans the continent. We are traveling by train. Out the windows we drink in the passing scene of cars on nearby highways, of children waving at a crossing, of cattle grazing on a distant hillside, of row and row of corn and wheat, of flatlands and valleys, of mountains and rolling hillsides, of city skylines and village halls.

But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain day at a certain hour we will pull into the station. Bands will be playing and flags will be waving. Once we get there so many wonderful dreams will come true and pieces of our lives will fit together like a completed jigsaw puzzle. How restless we pace the aisles, damning the minutes for loitering - waiting, waiting, waiting for the station.

Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. The station is only a dream. It constantly outdistances us.

It isn't the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regret over yesterday and the fear of tomorrow. Regret and fear are twin thieves who rob us of today.

You’ve heard it before  .. so, stop pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat more ice cream, go barefoot more often, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets, laugh more, cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. The station will come soon enough.

And, one of my favorite quotes from Mark Twain, "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do"


Yep, our someday is finally here.


‘Tis life on the road.