As I stood at the end of the driveway, looking back toward the farmstead I could not help but
realize that I had taken so much of those wonderful times and that wonderful place for granted.
I wondered how differently I would have acted if I really understood the value of those days.
And it made me think about, these days, and whether I am valuing them appropriately.
Thinking back to that day at "the farm," I understood that like the song lyric – I had acted
on all I knew and understood to that point in my life. But I could not help feeling a measure
of regret that I had not soaked it up so much more, taken more pictures talked to my grandpa
and grandma more, hung out with my uncles/aunts more and taken a greater interest in my cousins’ lives.
This message examines How we can avoid taking these days – this time in our life, for granted.
