Time

Ever notice how time works? I mean really stop and take stock of time?

Take a moment and try it....... LONGEST 5 seconds of your life huh?

Odd, we can talk for 10 minutes and time flies, but sit quietly and empty your mind, and time drags so slow. It is curious to me today as I was going flat out today at work, and looked up at 5:30 and realized that I had totally lost an hour or two, just missed them entirely while I had been busy.

How is time this variable, that it's passing can have such a duality, sometimes the time goes by and we hardly notice cause we are so busy or self involved. At other times time will seem like it is dragging everything out to drive you crazy.

What I have noticed is that the main variable is where my focus is, weather the time is my stuff, or someone else's. If I am talking, or working, or blogging, or anything at all for myself it seems to pass in an eye blink most times. The times I am listening to someone else, or doing something I did not choose to do, or busy work it seems to drag out forever. I think there might be something to that, possibly my own psychosis, but maybe something else.

Perhaps the secret is that times seems to be the most treasured when it is something I love, talking with great friends, do the good work I know i am capable of, serving for God; helping folks out, listening to a good conversation, learning; reading a good book, cooking a dinner.

Perhaps we are supposed to treasure every moment in life, not by tyring to save it up and spend it later, but by making every moment as special as possible. The seconds fly by at "9,192,631,770 cycles of Cesium-133 at 0 degrees C" however that is not their value.

The value of time is what you do with it, every "shake of a lambs tail" is precious.





BTW : a "Shake of a tail" is the amount of time it takes light to cross approximately 30 cm, about 10 nanoseconds, and folks say that remembering atomic physics and history are useless.

55 Percent............ of?

Ok, so here goes.

It is half way through the year and where have we gotten so far? In the last 6 months, what all has been accomplished?

Globally, there have been regime changes in countries all over the world. Lives have been saved, lives have been taken. Movement all over the place, everywhere you see the evidence of life; where is the progress? All of this moving around, and business, where has it gotten the world?

Personally, what has happened in the last 6 months? Lets see, paid some stuff down, done much at work, mowed the lawn several times. I have slept and woken up 180 times (give or take a few), whined about work at least that many times. I have done some good in this world, and sadly, I have done evil. I am not sure if the last 6 months have been good, bad; helpful or destructive. I have moved my self around quite a bit, and seen changes, but I do not know if any of these changes were in a positive direction or not.

I guess what I am driving at, I think the last 6 months have been enjoyable, but I am not sure I actually accomplished anything of significance.

I have an idea, take a few minutes and look back, give yourself a semi-annual review of life. How do you fare?

Personally I think I would be about 55% of goal accomplishment, I have had more daily successes and fewer everyday failures, so I have to be on the positive side of something.

Just a thought for the day,