I am convinced we as a society don't do anything very long...conversations, blogging, dieting, sleeping, even making passionate whoppie takes too long. Unless we find a solution we will just stop like a watch that is not wound up. Everything takes too much time. We depend on batteries to wind our precious time pieces. We find another way to do things for us that take too long- Cooking, archeticture, housekeeping, reading, gardening, home furnishing, woodworking, sewing, memory-keeping.You know, the gentle social crafts by which all societies' greatnesses are historically measured. We have even replaced collective society with internet connections to save time. Most of us actually do face to face socializing very little, anymore. Our religion is done once a week, if we are fotunate to have scheduled that into our weeks, and some of us do that electronically to save time and space in the schedule.
What we are good at is getting into vehicles of all sort and zooming around getting, quicker than others, somewhere, where handfuls of fast prepared food are grabbed in bags and eaten on the go. Visiting boutique lounges where too much is consumed, too quickly. Entertainment consists of viewing heart escalating, thrummingly violent movies after which we return to the vehicles and home where we stay just long enough to sleep preemptively. We start our manic movements all over again the next day.
We don't listen to each other if we cannot do four other things while we do. We talk to each other only when we have phones to our ears, televisions, radios or ipods running. Even I talk to my loved ones while driving to save time. Saving time. For gosh sakes, safety forces the passing of laws to keep drivers from "texting" and maneuvering cars at the same time. Saving Time...
We save time, but face it even saving time takes too much time. You have to think about how to do the something more efficiently to do more.
I want to slow down and savor each moment like a good chocalate. I want to hug my dearies each time before they leave. At bedtime, I need to snuggle them tightly. I just do not know how much time I get with them.
Heres a grabber. How about reading your kid the Fox in Sox book; surprize that thirty year old again with the old favorite. It will make them remember, and pass the favor on to their own. (Or They will scratch their head and talk privately how you are displaying first signs of alzhiemers.) Cuddle during an old movie, who cares how many times you have seen Star Wars. Linger over a great glass of wine even if all you can find is in a box, with someone who needs you. Debate someone about the Enterprise versus Milenium Falcon, as the greatest prop/lighting technique since the beginning of time.
Dr. Who and Red Dwarf....
We are made up only the time we have alotted...no one says we shouldn't save the whales, or save the planet, but time is what all we have with which to love our dear ones. Time should be savored not saved.
