Remember the Love!
I was sitting, eyes closed, being quiet, determining what I would share with you today. Then what came to me was the memorable song from the musical Rent—525,600 minutes. Lou Ann was sitting along side of me and saw what I was writing. She pointed out to me that Alan Cohen, in his wonderful book, A Daily Dose of Sanity, shared the same concept. His title for today is 86,400 Big Ones. He is referring to the amount of seconds in a day. And he uses a quote “Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.”
525,600 is the amount of minutes contained in a year. Of course it is all arbitrary. But the point is, that in our lifetimes, we have a limited amount of time to do what we choose. I am asking all of us, how will we choose these moments of our lives? With what will we fill it? Most of us will probably use a third or 175,200 minutes sleeping. Some will use 175,200 working. That leaves another 175,200 to do what we choose. And, of course, we get to choose our work life, as well.
The song, which is titled “Seasons of Love”, in the movie Rent, goes like this:
“Seasons Of Love”
Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure-measure a year In daylights- in sunsets
In midnights- in cups of coffee
In inches-in miles
In laughter-in strifeFive hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure a year in the life
How about love
How about love
How about love
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man
In truth that she learns
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she dies
Its time now to sing out
Though the story never ends
Lets celebrate
Remember a year in the life of friends
Remember the love
Remember the love
Remember the love
Measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love