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Heartwings Love Notes 873 - In A Timely Manner

Heartwings says, "To be on time can be tricky when there is much to do."

One dear friend has accused me of being "time challenged." She was politely informing me that I was usually late, or at least perhaps often so. I confess it's true that before leaving my home I may do a few things that seem necessary to me with the result that I leave at the last minute and may actually get where I'm going a little late. This annoys my husband so I am trying to do better.

You think after the many years we've been married he'd know I am apt to shave things close to the bone when it comes to time. He prefers to get to performances, lectures, appointments or church at least a half hour early. He says it's because in his teen years he was a reporter and liked to get to events early because it was more interesting then and the habit stuck. He says he also likes to get a good choice of seats, which I admit is a good reason.

However I believe that half hour could be put to so much better use. It always seems to me that there are many things I could have gotten done at home before leaving, while instead I sit in a waiting room, pew or theater seat twiddling my thumbs as people come and go, the choir rehearses or I watch the ads on the movie screen. Being on time requires a certain amount of self-discipline, to be sure, and it is also polite. However arriving at a party or someone's home half a hour early may be inconvenient to the host or hostess.

Because I find it fascinating as a subject, I've written a lot of poetry about time. I find it to be a strange accordion, expanding and contracting according to its own rules. Sometimes I look at the clock and think I have a whole hour to get everything done. Then I look again what seems to me fifteen minutes later, only to discover forty five have passed and I didn't get half of what I planned finished. Perhaps time does challenge me, still, it's a learning process and I do enjoy learning.

May you always have enough time for what you need to do

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Blessings and Best Regards,
Tasha Halpert
 

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