And While We Are Dreaming . . .
Time is not linear. Dr. Who would say, it's "wibbly wobbly timey
wimey." :-) Mostly, though, I experience it as a spiral where I make
renewed acquaintance of challenges I thought I had already met and
conquered earlier on. In the spiral of time these challenges just
appear in a different place and time in my life and I am asked to
reexamine them again.
I mean, you work through something and you think, "Great! Thank God that's done." or "Whew! I'm through that now." And then it comes around again at a different age or in a slightly different form and Gibbs slaps you, and you have to re-examine it and work through it again. And you think, "Really??? Didn't I already DO this???" But being in a different time and place in your life makes it new in a way you could not have imagined the last time it rolled around. You find there's more work to do.
On my bulletin board - where I keep important stuff - is this:
You can click to biggify - but here's what it says: "She packed up her potential and all she had learned, grabbed a Cute pair of shoes and headed out to change a few things." and "Her heart glowed with a degree of happy assurance." On the bag, the tag says: "To: The World," and the word "pluck" is in the middle. A friend gave this to me because she said it reminded her of me. :-) I like to think that's true - that I pack what I've learned and have it with me at all times so that when time spirals a challenge around again, I'm ready - Cute shoes in hand :-)
There are a lot of quotes about time.
Mostly, I think that life is short and that we are meant to live it, not watch it pass us by. We have a finite amount of time here, and I find that it moves must more quickly once you are of a certain age.
Tempus fugit, indeed . . .
Don't waste it, A. Don't waste it . . .
This is one of my all-time favorite Jimmy Webb songs. I didn't know that it was written with Ray Bradbury for musical called Dandelion Wine. It's about time . . .
I mean, you work through something and you think, "Great! Thank God that's done." or "Whew! I'm through that now." And then it comes around again at a different age or in a slightly different form and Gibbs slaps you, and you have to re-examine it and work through it again. And you think, "Really??? Didn't I already DO this???" But being in a different time and place in your life makes it new in a way you could not have imagined the last time it rolled around. You find there's more work to do.
On my bulletin board - where I keep important stuff - is this:
You can click to biggify - but here's what it says: "She packed up her potential and all she had learned, grabbed a Cute pair of shoes and headed out to change a few things." and "Her heart glowed with a degree of happy assurance." On the bag, the tag says: "To: The World," and the word "pluck" is in the middle. A friend gave this to me because she said it reminded her of me. :-) I like to think that's true - that I pack what I've learned and have it with me at all times so that when time spirals a challenge around again, I'm ready - Cute shoes in hand :-)
There are a lot of quotes about time.
- The bad news is time flies. The good news is that you're the pilot.
- The way we spend our time defines who we are.
- The trouble is, you think you have time (Buddha)
- Time heals what reason cannot.
- Time doesn't stop and wait for anyone. Move on!
- Tempus fugit (that's Latin, for "time flies")
Mostly, I think that life is short and that we are meant to live it, not watch it pass us by. We have a finite amount of time here, and I find that it moves must more quickly once you are of a certain age.
Tempus fugit, indeed . . .
Don't waste it, A. Don't waste it . . .
This is one of my all-time favorite Jimmy Webb songs. I didn't know that it was written with Ray Bradbury for musical called Dandelion Wine. It's about time . . .
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