When I was a little girl a year was such a long time, hell the waiting from Monday for Saturday was an eternity!
Now even my kids say it's going fast. Is time relative?
I rarely hear anyone comment that time is going slowly for them. Since the introduction of the internet all quiet hours have been filled with chat or games. No one in possession of an internet connection has those empty times to fill.
I remember sitting outside with a book and a blanket, laying gazing at the sky in contemplation, for entire afternoons at times.
These times were essential to constructive planning of my life. From that blanket I could design my garden, meal menu's, general household stuff, birthday parties, what to wear out on Saturday night, a million things.
When my son was young I would take him outside for at least ten minutes a day to replenish his vitamin D. Again that lovely time was spent carelessly enjoying life.
In those times time itself was never an issue. Time was abundant. It's so different now.
People in general would baulk at wasting precious time doing nothing. But it wasn't nothing. It was a really important aspect of living. It's called relaxing and should be indulged in daily!
Without these times of gently sitting around under the sky doing nothing but thinking our lives become too stressed, our body will feel the pressure and illness soon follows.
Taking time to do nothing could be the answer to the western worlds high levels of cardiac problems. A release valve if you like, that rests the heart enough to recover from the daily grind.
If city living is depriving you of a few minutes each day to unwind then city living should be thrown away!
Believe me time does fly and you do need to make the most from it. I am still that little girl watching Neil Armstrong on the classroom television in black and white, though years have passed, the child me is still very much there and many desires have remained unfulfilled due to lack of time!
As you age essentially you are still the same child you were growing up but with experiences that have padded your persona. As they say a leopard never changes it's spots. You might think you are vastly different than you were, and in some ways you may be, but where it counts, you are still the child merely in a grown body.
Some might say "Oh! But I've changed so much!", and outwardly this might be true. But dig deeper and you might see that bossy child manipulative child now manages a blue chip company. Or that mousy girl who stared out the window dreaming is now a famous author. Even the mummy's boy who cried every morning when dropped at school who is now a grief counsellor. Such is life.
If you don't like someone as a child you are unlikely to like them more as an adult, if anything you more likely will dislike them even more. Sad but true.
In these days of oh so nice politeness, we have been taught to accept everyone and tolerate their individuality. I don't believe this is the best attitude for survival of the species.
In the animal world, (and we are just animals, some more than others lol), an animal who jeopardised the rest of the pack would be run off or killed because to allow that strain to continue could bring down the entire species. It is the same with humankind. Over tolerating means we are allowing bad strains to slip through the net and procreate. This could be the undoing of mankind.
Our own history shows that in the recent past humankind did not tolerate the different ie witches. I am not advocating we return to that but I do suggest we trust our gut instincts, our animal instincts more.
In general we trust people too quickly, open the door to strangers, answer survey questions about household security etc.. Who has done this with the feeling inside they shouldn't?
The survey guy/girl may be the local burglar getting a feel for your property. The stranger might force his way in and take your life. Your gut instinct will tell you this, your environmental modelling will tell you to trust all!
If I don't care for someone they are not given the time of day. This is how it should be!
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