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My time now as opposed to before is quite different. There is time to stay home, time to think of things I otherwise wouldn't have any time to think before I say “Yes.” I find that much easier to do if is not in person. I have been okay with being less engaged. I have had time to see issues that could use help and find myself less willing to jump in. I have found time to “help” Leroy with what he is doing and that has filled quite a lot of my time. With the great weather, I have been able to walk most days as there are no meetings to interfere and that brings me great joy and peace, even keeping my distance. We have needed to “rethink” vacation. Time has been spent thinking about a new normal and what it will look like, so many possible changes and a lot of time until things return to any semblance of “normal.” Going places takes more time and planning to take proper precautions for leaving home. I am not “ready” for large groups of people. I never really was a person who sought out large groups of people so that is not as much of a change. Zoom is great, but not the same as person to person. I really miss the hugs and personal contact. I have certainly been reading more and have finally made the switch to ebooks. I guess this caused me to join the digital generation. Time still has a tendency to slip away and the day can be gone before I know it. I guess that is something that will not ever change. --Carolyn
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Time is a human construct; God knows no time or limits. All living creatures respond to day and night and to temperature and climate changes, but only humans do so with a sense of finitude. As each moment passes, our time on Earth grows shorter. We measure time as we wait for our lives to unfold, in hope that there is enough time to do what we need to do or to be who we need to be. Some simply mark time while waiting for the next big thing to happen. Creatures in nature aren’t burdened by this same knowledge of their limits. Human companions, like our dog Bella, though, have learned how to mark time from their relationships with us. Bella knows and reminds us when it’s time for her walk, her meal, or her evening yogurt treat. Rather than understanding clock time, she has learned well what comes before and what comes after. During our sheltering in place, time has taken on new significance. We’re no longer waiting—anxiously or eagerly—for our lives to play out, but for life to resume beyond the pandemic. What will come after? Will “after” time be different from “before” time? I, for one, hope so. --Janice Time is not a metronome that ticks out its message regardless of circumstances. It is more like jazz, that is written in musical script with eighth notes and sixteenth notes, but is played sometimes before the beat, and sometimes held long after. It changes with mood. It changes with the surroundings. It changes with the combo with whom you’re playing. Jazz is boring if it sticks to the beat. Sometimes I wish life were more boring, and would stick to a script. Living in the time of Covid-19 is totally off script and free-wheeling, yet in some ways it takes us back to an old story that we are now repeating. Making my own bread, my own yogurt, playing card and table games, doing Sudoku and jigsaw puzzles are from the old days. But now, instead of filling time, it has become a way of living through slower time. When I ask myself, where did the whole month of April disappear to, I answer that I accomplished little, except staying well, making meals from scratch, keeping in contact with friends and loved ones, and enjoying the beautiful spring. It’s okay if that feels slow. I am ready for it. --Cynthia |
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