In Duration

"May he give you the desire of your heart and make all your plans succeed." Psalm 20:4

Gone is the idea of becoming a foot model, this pavement promenade is having disastrous effects on my moneymakers. Plan B.

I have to wonder about the state of mind John Lennon was in when he wrote to his son Sean, "Life is what happens to you, while you're busy making other plans." Had his plans come to fruition? Based on his life prior to 1975, one would argue affirmatively.
But it begs the question, are we missing out on the purpose because we're too caught up in our pursuits?
Walking through an alive and amazing area of New York... East Village, I started to hone in on the conversations around me. Eavesdrop. This couple was talking about the next time they order delivery, NYU students were discussing the intellectual professors of the classes they plan to take, a group was searching upcoming concert dates on their iphones, one poor girl was going hoarse screaming expletives at her boyfriend about their non-existent future.
Life is going on all around us. The present. But in it, we talk about what tomorrow will bring. Our schemes and hopes for our eventual life spill into our daily encounters at the risk of leaving us blind to today.
I was attempting to explain this theory to someone at last night's Superbowl party when he excused himself out the door for a quick errand. Ooopsies.
When he came back, he told the room he just ran into the director Joel Schumacher standing in line. For those of you that don't know who this is...He brought the fears of Galaxy Glue to the silver screen, oh yeah and hits like Lost Boys and St. Elmo's Fire. Schumacher had remembered him and wanted to screen him for a project in LA.
How do you like that?
Turns out.... Life is what happens to you when you're busy out on a beer run. At least in NYC.

Are you missing the here and now because you're already around the corner?