Thursday, June 09, 2005

I watched a plane fly over head last night and thought it was cool...

I realised that I am excited to be living next to a city. We used to live on a small island in the Bay of Fundy, where there were approx 900 people. We had to drive an hour do do grocery shopping or even get cardboard boxes when we moved. We traveled to the mainland by ferry, there was usually a wait to get on the ferry, and often one or more (there were two) would break down, slowing up travel plans even more.

Now we live next to Halifax. We are hooked up to high-speed internet, we have restaurants and stores and medical centers nearby. We have several shopping malls, specialty food stores, hobby shops and tons and tons of reasons to spend spend spend!

It hit me last night while I was watching the jet fly overhead. This is cool. All this stuff is handy to us, we can see a movie, eat out and then fly to Toronto or London England if we want - all in the same night! We could go to a wireless cafe, we could stroll on the water front or visit a museum. There is all this stuff to do and its amazing. I see all the people racing about doing it all. Scampering hither and yon people seeking fulfillment from every neat and nifty thing around them. Kids go to two or three sports a month, their parents driving them. The kids take martial arts, dance, drawing, painting, and music. They have kid committees and kid boards... there is no end to the activities that are possible around here.

And this gets me thinking.

If this is how cool it is here and now, how much cooler is it going to be in Heaven? I mean my gosh, talk about being close to whats important :-)

And you know what?

I won't need to drive an hour to get boxes for that move :-)

See ya

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So this post is like 6 months old now and probably you're not checking comments on it any more. Just wanted to throw in my two cents - there have always been people that couldn't wait to get off the island. A fair percentage of the people that live there in fact! And there is certainly a lot to be annoyed about or get tired of there. There are lots of good things about being near a city, and the convenience is a big plus. But for some of us, being on the island is closer to what's important ;) Time moves slower and life is a little less complicated. The salt air and the sound of the water, the sunrises, the comfort and familiarity...it gets into your blood and never, never leaves you. Not to mention Bayview!

Your illustration about how it will feel being close to what's important is a good one. But the particular analogy you used doesn't work for all of us ;)

Anyway, I don't mean that to be critical! It's more of just a...unique "hello." :)