My friend Maggie, who writes Recreating Reality, and I spent several years in England. Perhaps, today was a good day for us to get together and share some memories. But, the memories are not as important as a phrase we learned while in U.K.
We were much younger back in the day, but both of us fondly recall an older British woman who told us that we should “mind the gap.” Thank goodness we were so lucky as to have met her.
For those who may not be familiar with the phrase, I do feel that I must try to explain it. As children or even as college students we had our life dreams ahead of us. We all thought we were well on the path to our life goals. But, somewhere along the way life happens and some of us seem to get off the path of our dreams and let life take over. That’s where “minding the gap” comes in.
The gap is the distance between our life’s dreams and our realities. We have all heard “mind your own business.” In this case we are reminded to mind the gap that develops in our lives. When we fail to mind the gap all too often we wake up one morning only to realize that our dreams as children or young adults have slipped away from us. Instead of living our early intentions, we are caught up in a life that leaves us asking, “How did I get here?”
I’m sure everyone has experienced that awakening to some degree or another. Today I am so thankful for Maggie and our memories. We began to talk about “the gap” and yes, we have strayed from our original paths.
But, you know, it’s never to late to steer back in the direction of your dreams. That’s the beauty of life. You can change course. Sometimes it only takes a gentle reminder to get us back on track. Sometimes it requires a major adjustment. But, wherever we are we can always change course.
So, today I am thankful that I had a nice long afternoon with my friend Maggie and that from old memories came a life lesson. Now, if you will excuse me, I must go engage in a little thinking and planning time. You see, I must now go mind my life’s gap.
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