Speed of Life

The Speed of Life

What is the speed of life, how fast does it go
To one it flashes by, to one it seems so slow

To the one fighting simply to survive and live another day
Do they measure the speed of life in the exact same way

As the one living on borrowed time waiting to die
Living life to the fullest, wishing time didn't fly by

What about the one so busy they barley have time to think
Everyday feeling like they are drowning as they slowly sink

Farther and farther into despair
Just to climb the ladder of success and get their fair share

How do you measure the speed of life and what it's worth
By it's moments of joy, happiness, and mirth

Babies born, kids growing up, discoveries being made helping others to see
What they are and all that they can be

Or do you measure the speed of life by those who are wishing they were somewhere else, living in dispear
Hoping one more day will bring about change, lead past the bitterness and they will end up somewhere other than here

Or is the speed of life measured in ordinary every day moments being lived each day
In the big and small acts of kindness, in the words people say

To each other, to a stranger passing by needing help in some way
Doing something out of the ordinary to brighten someones day

So how do you measure the speed of life, by how fast or how slow
Maybe it changes as we live and as we grow

As we go through different stages and different things
Maybe it looks different, maybe that changes what it means

I pray whatever it is I never forget to see
How special each moment is and what it can be

Let us live not taking anything for granted, not wasting any day
That is my hope for each of us, that is what I pray

May we make each moment count, take time to see the beauty, speak a word of hope into someones life and pray
Then the speed of life won't be determined by how fast or slow it goes by each day

The speed of Life will be meaured by moments that count, moments of love, laughter, tears, and pain
Wonderful special moments repeated again and again and again.