since I last posted? I frequently ponder the passage of time. It seems to me that a good description of time would be a steam roller perched on the edge of a hill. Envision it, as it starts to give in to gravity….moving slowly at first, picking up speed until nothing could stop it on it’s downhill flight. Eventually, it hits the flats and slows, until all the energy of that glorious escape has dissipated.
I wonder if that simile holds true for our lives? As a child, I thought time would never pass. Now, I’m in the downhill stage, with each day flying by, crammed with activity. Will there come a time when I hit the flats and time will once again move more slowly?
I’ve talked with my 88 year old mother about this. She feels that there is never enough time in a day to accomplish everything on her list. The key to the passage of time has to be what we hope to accomplish. Time moved slowly for me as a child because I had not yet discovered the ability to keep myself busy. Now, there’s a never ending list of things to do.
I hope I never return to that stage where I have time on my hands.
Arrrgh!!!
It's just my state of mind!
I’ve heard this Theory about how time sems to pass quicker as we get older and it goes like this:
As a child your ‘Day’ is actually a significant of your life that you’ve lived so far. As a adult the ‘Day’ is a much smaller fraction of your overall lifespan hence it seems to pass quicker.
Thanks, Greavsie! I’m sure that’s true. I have to visit your blog. Have you returned from New York?
Buff,
The sad truth is that we are getting older and it’s just “time time slipping away”
Ok what song did that come from?
I hope you get a bloom and post pictures of them. My tulips are on the way up also.
The bleeding heart I bought last year, finally is blooming this year. I have still not made it out to take a close look or to take a picture! I am antsy to do so.
That cold spell is coming my way also!
Good luck with the yard work!
I think my comment censor is on the fritz. This is what Cop Car sent to me this morning:
I’m sorry to be such a whiner; but, your censor really does not like me! (You told it about me, didn’t you!!) This is the comment that I wanted to add to your “Could it be a week…” posting.
Thanks–
P.S. I tried taking out the web site address, but the censor still objected.
Susan–I think you’re recalling this song.
(Ain’t It) Funny How Time Slips Away
Well hello there
My, it’s been a long long time
How am I doin’
Oh well, I guess I’m doin’ fine
It’s been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Ain’t it funny how time slips away
All of the lyrics may be found at http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/x-filesepisodes/aintitfunnyhowtimeslipsaway.htm. I hear the words in Ray Charles’s voice.
I was thinking it was in an Eagles song.
Susan–(Note that T fixed the comments so that I am no longer shunned.)
In your generation, the words that you wrote (which are slightly different from what I gave back to you) may have been from a song by the Eagles. I don’t know who the Eagles are, what they sang/sing, or anything about them. Just goes to show that the answer to a question depends upon from whence one is coming. *grinning*
Susan, is the phrase you hear in your head ” Time, time, ticking, ticking, ticking away..”??
That’s from “The Last Worthless Evening,” by the Eagles