So, I try really hard to see things in light of eternity.  in general, in the scope of eternity, my life does fly by…35 years just flew by!  I am not always succesful with an eternal perspective, but it makes sense that my life and its’ happenings are just a blip on the radar.  HOWEVER, there are some manadtory mundane tasks that make me feel like I’m in earthly slow motion…and that it’s never going to end. 
Can you relate to these tasks?  the kind  that seem like they must be started over within minutes/hours/days after their completion?
-filling up my car with gas.  That started getting old about 2 months after I got my license (17 years ago)
-Shaving my legs, armpits, etc.  That started getting old about 6 months after I started (23 years ago ?)
-Going to the bathroom.   That started getting old…about 35 years ago…. at least I’m not doing it in my pants anymore…though I will be in about 40 more years.
-Grocery Shopping/Eating in general …while there are some shining moments…in general it started getting old about 25 years ago…the parking, the carts, the price comparision shopping, having to actually prepaRe food (the time, the measuring, the dishes, the speed in which it gets consumed)
-Basic housecleaning (though I’m horrible about cleaning maintenance…I’m one of those who likes to cram housecleaning for when a visitor is coming).  So, that got old about 20 years ago.
-Showering.  Though I can NOT stand to be dirty, just thinking about the daily drama of pre-mid and post showering, mentally fatigues me.   It got old about 25 years ago.
-Paying my Mortgage and HOA fees….and all bills, I guess.
-Getting my hair colored/cut.  The constant need for this task…the decisions of WHAT color, WHICH cut, am I really paying $130 for that which I am going to have to pay for again in about 2 months?  Yeah, that got old about 20 years ago.

These are the general tasks that make me feel like I’m a rat on a treadmill and I will never die.  But, I do know that this life really is a fleeting vapor and soon I will be with Jesus in eternity… I hope that when I meet him I have a full tank of gas, am not doing the pee-pee dance, have just eaten, am well groomed, and have paid all my bills so creditors aren’t calling my relatives after I’m in the grave (or rather in heaven).

Come quickly LORD (or take me quickly, LORD)