“Time is the most indefinable yet paradoxical of things the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of the lightning, at once exists and expires.” Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832)
The recent change in weather has prompted me to reflect on time and its passage. We often speak of time 'flying' or 'standing still'. Underlying both seems to be a dissatisfaction, and an unhappiness perhaps borne of the desire to somehow control time, and be able to 'fast forward' when things are difficult or uncomfortable, or live in 'slow motion' when we are enjoying ourselves. I wonder what might it be like to surrender, to give in to time, and become more inclined to accept all experience as valuable...
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