The Future Will Arrive Soon Enough

Calendar from timeanddate.com

2012 is a leap year and presidential election year. The year has 53 Sundays, which disadvantages churchgoers who have made weekly, instead of annual or monthly pledges. On the other hand, they'll be getting their money's worth from an extra worship service.

2012 is the last year of the century in which the numbers will line up identically for the time and date, i.e., 12:12 p.m. on 12/12/12. If one believes in the Mayan prediction of doomsday, it could be the last year, ever.

2012 has five months that have five Sundays (in most years there are four). Because we have signed up to serve lunch at the senior center on fifth Sundays, volunteers will be working a little harder this year. Most of them will cheerfully consider it not so much a burden, but an extra opportunity to serve.

The politically passionate eagerly anticipate the start of the election season, while football fanatics can't wait for the playoffs. The future, which often disappoints, will arrive soon enough.

Savor the journey and the anticipation, not the goal itself.

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter" - Keats