Like sands through the hourglass...

CHAPTER 1

Far from the hidden path, I wrote a minor but very important part of the story of my life on sandstone. But over time, strong winds have swept my story, and now it’s forgotten. I also engraved several lines of the adventure of my life on the front of the mountain above the valley. The rocks have eroded, and very few lines of my story remain. It’s a narrative of simpler times when I was young, carefree, and flew by the seat of my pants. I didn’t have a care in the world, and life was my oyster. 

 Luckily, I rewrote the best parts of my story in granite, and it has endured the elements of nature and life. I tried to recreate experiences that shaped my life, but it was never the same thing. The one real constant in my life is time. It is pointless for me to repeat what has been because it is impossible to live life backward. My days begin as a simple second in time and space, which turns into minutes, then rapidly spirals into hours. And then, before I know it, my days morph into weeks, and weeks morph into months, and months morph into years.

Sometimes my days go by in such haste that they are finished before I even begin. I often asked myself where the time had gone. And I wish there was more time to do all the things I wanted to do. Then some days begin with confusion and spiral into total chaos and drag on for eternity. And the only thing I can do is pray for the day to end quickly. Every grain of sand is different, and so are the days I live.

Here is my story... I built countless sandcastles on the beaches, but the roaring tides carried them away. However, the beautiful images cement in my mind, and never will I forget. On my journey through life I climbed several mountains, I sailed the vast seas, and I walked through the hot, thirsty valley. I never ran with the bulls, but I ran a noble race. I competed with

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Texte: Adlin Taylor
Bildmaterialien: Jenny Taylor
Lektorat: Jenny Taylor in 2016
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 19.06.2017
ISBN: 978-3-7438-3182-7

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This book is dedicated to all my family and friends... some of whom left us too soon. Love Ya.