My color coded calendar.

Psalm 90:10 NIV
"Our days may come to seventy years, or eighty, if our strength endures; yet the best of them are but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away."

​Genesis 6:3 NIV
"Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years."

The older I get the more colors are on my calendar. Allow me to explain. I have a desk blotter type calendar. Blue marker means Joe. Pink means me. Yellow means that I better not forget. Green means both of us. Purple means Sabbath, and on it goes. I add a person or persons they get a different color. At a glance I know by the color what's happening. Upon closer inspection you will find ink and pencil, they are just as important but less of a "have to" and more of a "get to." When I was young I had what I thought was a full calendar. The girls kept me busy. However, that calendar was nothing in comparison to what the calendar looks like now. It was more blocked. Madrigals and soccer were set dates. School was set dates. Today, nothing is set in stone. My life is fluid. My days are sometimes overly packed and other times almost empty and suddenly filled too full. As I was looking at this months calendar I saw all the colors and felt as though I heard, "The more room you make for people the more colorful your life becomes. All the colors of the rainbow are in me. Become like me and I will fill your life with color. I will fill it with the most beautiful sunrises and the most exquisite sun sets. There will be days of green and days of blue. I am all the colors of the rainbow, I made it."

I love my talks with God. It puts everything into perspective. I will not always be able to do what I do today. Already, there are things I think I can still do, but when I try--it doesn't always work. I thought I could still do an old cheer leader jump. Nah. I thought I could still do a back bend. Nah. I thought I could still drive straight through fourteen hours to the beach. Nah. I am learning by trial and error. I laugh and say, "Someone needs to write a book, "How to Grow Old," because no one has taught me and I'm hurting myself. I would rather learn "OPE" (other peoples experiences) and not have to experience everything myself. lol

ACTION STEPS: How are you color coding your life? Are you living your best life? Are you trying new things and not just growing older, squandering your time, or are you leaving a legacy with all the colors of the rainbow? Squander can mean spend foolishly or waste, to lose the advantage or opportunity through negligence or inaction. This definition jumped off the page to me. One day you will wake up and find that there is no time left for what you wanted to do. Perhaps, it will be a wake up to realize that you failed to do what God asked you to do? Do it now. Live a life full of colors now.