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Heartwings Love Notes 985 - The Strange Nature of Time

Heartwings says, "Time can rule you only if you let it."

Depending on your point of view, there are at least two ways to look at time. Some regard it as a precious commodity to be hoarded and doled out carefully. These people squeeze all they can into whatever time they have and specialize in efficiency. Others see it as a nuisance, something to be disregarded. These people are usually late to appointments, as well as to my house for dinner. They often find it difficult to live with the time constraints of deadlines. However, these can also be helpful, for they may be seen either as a stimulant or as a burden.

The oddest experience I have of time is its seeming ability to act in unpredictable ways. For instance, I once experienced the passage of an hour that felt like several. I was playing music with a friend during our lunch hour. I've never forgotten how astonished I felt when I looked at the clock and saw that only an hour had passed, although it had felt far longer. Then there is waiting in the doctor's office when fifteen minutes seems forever. At times I have marveled at the fast passage of the moments between when I get up and when I finish breakfast. Too, the hour or so between when I close my computer and when I get into bed passes in a flash.

Where does the time go? A child I met at ten is now celebrating his fiftieth birthday! People in their thirties are the age of my grandchildren Where did the forty-one years that Stephen and I have been married disappear to? Sometimes I feel frustrated that I cannot hold back time. Yet I well remember being a child waiting for some holiday or special occasion, and being so impatient for when the anticipated event would occur. How the days dragged. These days I find I must be mindful of the passage of time. When I am not counting the moments until I am to leave for an appointment or meet a deadline, I am often caught unaware. If I do not pay attention to the passage of time, deadlines may loom and come to pass far too swiftly

My daughter Diana once explained to me why our past years seem to telescope and shorten. She pointed out that when you are five, a year is one fifth of your experience. When you are fifty, it is one fiftieth, and those years are packed with all we have accomplished. I clearly remember waking up of a summer morning at six or seven years of age and contemplating the day that stretched out so invitingly ahead. Now when I awaken, I wonder if I will be able to get everything I need to do done. No wonder the years seem to accelerate as we age. Still, this does not explain to me why, even now, when I am waiting for something to happen, time seems to drag so, as it always has ever since I was a child wishing the days would pass more quickly until Christmas Eve.

May your time for whatever you may wish to do be plentiful.

Do you experience time this way? How is it for you? I so enjoy your emails and whatever you have to share. Please write to me at tashahal@gmail.com, and do check out my web pages at www.heartwingsandfriends.com

 

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Blessings and Best Regards,
Tasha Halpert
 

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