Snow Melt

Day 17: As I burn another page

"As I burn another page
As I turn the other way
I will try to find my place
In the diary of Jane"
Breaking Benjamin "The Diary of Jane"

“As I burn another page”
in the journal of my life
I listen for chiming bells
announcing the end of material strife.

Page is a day in my life. Each day passes quickly, often too quickly, especially after we reach a specific age. The age life begins to pass is different for different people. For a long time now, I have noticed that the day pass quickly, but how fast the pass didn’t strike me until yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday I renewed my driver’s license online. My license was supposed to expire on December 24, 2008. So rather then go up to the DMV on Saturday, Monday or Tuesday, I decided to renew it online and have the money taken directly from my checking account. Renewing on line cost me $2.25 less then if I would have went up to the closest DMV office.

I printed out a confirmation and noticed the expiration date. My license will expire again on December 24, 2012. I had to laugh when I saw the year. 2012 is when the Mayan calendar ends and supposedly the world. I think it just refers to the end of a cycle, but I’m having fun with the date anyway. After all, if I can’t have fun with the calendar what good is it.

Anyway, as I was saying, page refers to a day in my life and as each day passes, I burn another page in the journal of my life. That is what the quote used in today’s prompt means to me.

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