Urgency and the Pending Emergency

Unless there is an emergency

most will not see the urgency.

Life perpetually unfold its mys-

teries. We flee without haste in

case of flood and fire. We rush

to the bedside of a loved one ill

or on the edge of eternity. A gush-

ing faucet must be remedied im-

mediately. Otherwise routinely

we often fail to open our eyes and

see. The baby you held in your

arms just last week it seems is

on the verge of earning his or

her college degree, and is suffi-

ciently sized to carry you around.

The old friend you haven’t seen

in years appears, and you think

silently to yourself, what in hell

has happened to you? You look

into the mirror one day, and sur-

prise! Adding insult to injury, top-

ping the gray hair which you’d

swear was not there yesterday

are the sagging bags under your

eyes. And that star ballplayer on

TV happens to be 40-years younger

than you. He just signed a ten-year

contract for a hundred and ten mil-

lion bucks. And you’re drawing a

paltry twenty grand per annum on

Social Security. And your best friends

happen to be Tylenol extra strength

and Bengay three times a day. The

urgency you failed to see yesterday

slipped up behind you tip-toe silently,

and grabbed you by the ass...Gotcha!

Suddenly you pause to wonder, what

in hell, is today Thursday or Friday?

Hurry, hurry, urgency! You’ve only been

up an hour and this is third time you’ve

got to pee.

Chris Hanch 4-9-19