encouragement from an old friend

I just had a conversation with an old friend from college. We had not talked for some 15 years, and our last exchange was not the most pleasant one. But when I heard that familiar voice, memories came flooding in of a time when I absolutely enjoyed life! Everyday was a new adventure, a new challenge, some new idea was was always being pondered. Sometimes i think that as we mature in life we lose some of the youthful zeal with which we embrace life! We get bogged down with deadlines, financial matters and life draining responsibilities. I thank God he sent my old friend to check on me via cell phone to remind me that everyday we must make an effort to enjoy our life experiences and value them and the memories that they produce. I am also thankful that as we strolled down memory lane that I thought about all God did through Jesus Christ in order to save my soul and deliver me from so much of the worldly bondage that had so entangled me in my late teens and early twenties. The conversation really made me reflect on the goodness of God, and for that I am eternally grateful. I praise God for the encouragement from an old friend.