Live in the Moment

This week I saw an old friend who told the other people that he was sitting with that- “Teresa and I go back 100 years.”  So, I thought about how far we actually do go back and its more like 21.  But I would say that we often use these kinds of exaggeration to make a bigger impact.  I know I say things like – I have heard this a million times, or I know I am 100 years old, but… However, lets think for a minute about 100 years ago- 1925, so much was different.  The first world war and Spanish Flu had just finished changing society a great deal.  There were more cars than carriages in the streets, but there were still both.  Women were still for the majority relegated to the domestic roles of housewives and service.  People were just settling huge swathes or this country and trying to clear forests and build homes out of the raw material around in lots of parts.  In the context of history 100 years is a blink, in the context of family 100 years is up to four generations.  In the context of almost everything it is called antique or vintage.  100 years from now, what do you think we will see?  In the year 2125?  What will be remembered of our time here now?  Family history will call us daughters, fathers, nephews and grandparents.  Some of us might be remembered for volunteer roles or impacts that we had on different projects.  For the most part the world will just continue.  Just another reminder to live in the moment, do all we can now, 100 will go by and we will be just a memory, lets embrace all that is right now.  In 100 years it’s only the things that we create now that might last.