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.
\nI 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?
\nI’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.
\nI hope I never return to that stage where I have time on my hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 … Continue reading