SUNRISE - January 16, 2011

“No use thinking of the past for its gone, don't think of the future because it has to come, think of the present because that’s where you are and that’s the place from where you can control the past and the future. “  -  Kazi Shams

January 16, 2011 Sunrise 7:22 am

I posted yesterday about the simulation of ‘creating time’ by borrowing from another TIME jar, labeled for a different use of your minutes.  I had been reading a book in the evenings as I awaited the sandman.  A good read:  “Die Trying by Lee Child”.   

As it is with any good action-oriented novel, the pace quickened as it neared the denouement of the adventure.  Far too soon, it was TIME to close it up and get to sleep, as I had another Sunrise pending in a few hours.  I made the conscious decision the finish the book last night (this morning) and finally closed the last chapter at about 3:40 am.  I took (stole) minutes from my allotted-sleep jar to add minutes to my read-the-book jar. 

Alarm still went off at the same time and I got up to greet the new sunrise, review my gratitudes and plan my day. Three hours rest. Then I made a decision to transfer minutes from my greet-sunrise-review-gratitudes-plan-day-eat breakfast-download photos-write the blog jar so I could go back to bed to grab a couple of hours of sleep. 

There is no end to this behavior; little time-ripples rushing across the pond.  Every time I‘borrow time’ forward, My static, original allotment is diminished.  All of today’s planned hour-long  projects now became forty-five  minute projects to recover the loss of TIME. 

No regret; probably do it again if ‘do-overs’ was a real option and not just a childhood game.

The impact: 

*Read the book because I wanted to – whew!

*I am becoming more efficient with my hour (completing the first three projects in close to forty-five minutes each.

* By 3pm I should be caught back up.

*If I am successful, I can now justify staying up to 3:45 am –ha

*Note to self- you are not 21 anymore – Take a precious minute of your day and think twice before you do that again anytime soon.

rlw

SUNRISE - January 10, 2011

January 10, 2011 Sunrise 7:23 am

“For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work”.  ~ Doug Larson

The minutes and hours fly by.  Our weekly tasks, like water the plants every Saturday, do the laundry on Sunday, etc. seem to fall one upon another until it seems there is no time in between.

I take a lot of meds for a variety of reasons and have them in a weekly pill box to keep myself on track to not miss any days.  I fill it on the same day each week…the Sunrise of my week.  With a blink of the eye is that day again, but a week later. The Sunset of my week has arrived at breakneck speed.

January 10, 2011 Sunrise 7:23 am

There seem to be too many tasks and desires and great projects to accomplish in only 24 hours.  I feel I need another 12 per day – bump it up to 36 and I might have a fighting chance, with a bit more organization.   

If the magician can work his magic by making TIME disappear, would there not be a counterpoint magical formula to embellish the given hour?  Thin hair is resolved and given extra volume and semblance of body, with a dash of mousse.   

Where on the shelf can one find the same for TIME?

rlw

SUNRISE - January 3, 2011

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now.  - Zig Ziglar

January 3, 2011 Sunrise 7:24 am

This is a very difficult concept to grasp when you are younger as what what you want most and what you want now seem to be one in the same.


As one gets older and acquires more of what you want now, hopefully, one also gains a bit more wisdom regarding what one wants most.  It is easy to get caught up in the concept that a "thing" will give you what you want, when in reality, the "thing", at most, is just the stepping stone to what one wants most.

"The most important things in life are not things."  - Art Buchwald

Self confidence, love, satisfaction,  knowledge, freedom, TIME, etc.; these are what we want most.  A car, a house, a spouse, a job, a phone, a computer, new clothes, etc.  is how we think we will gain the 'what we want most'.


TIME is an enemy when one permits emotions such as: unhappiness, desolation, illness, loneliness, anger, fear, etc. take control of your thoughts.

TIME is at its greatest worth when one permits emotions such as: happiness, self-confidence, appreciation, acceptance, understanding, love, etc. to have dominance in your soul.


Like the law of supply and demand, items in great supply have a lower perceived value than those that are in short supply. Diamonds, gold, real estate in a desired area, come to mind, but what about TIME?  When one is younger and in good health, TIME is infinite and its value diminishes as TIME is wasted and spent on frivolous endeavors.


When one departs on a vacation with a clear destination and goal in sight and a specific amount of TIME to get there, to enjoy the moments and then return home, we are very conscious and appreciative of our days and hours.  You have to make reservations, plan the itinerary, pack clothes, get your tickets, get to the airport/port/bus at a specific time, so you can arrive at the destination at the desired time, so you can have the maximum pleasure and see and do everything that your allotted TIME will allow.


How many interesting events, places and things to do are right in our own back yard that we have never seen, done, or visited, but that others that live far away, will plan, pack and travel here to spend their valuable TIME enjoying what we take for granted.  We have no sense of urgency, because we have "all the TIME" in the world.

One day one discovers that there is indeed a limited amount of time and the moments become much more precious and the greatest pleasures of TIME are not 100 or 1000 miles away.  It is right where we are.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.  - Baltasar Gracian

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SUNRISE - December 31, 2010

December 31, 2010 7:23 am

'Tis here.  New Year's Eve.  The last Sunrise and  Sunset of 2010.  I suppose on some obscure cultural or 4th dimensional calendar somewhere, it really is some other TIME marker, but I'm good with the 2010 marker using the Gregorian version.  New Year's Eve is the traditional moment, when, if one is of the mind to make reflections on the year's past deeds, promises kept and goals met or not, are reviewed and an updated with new, improved ambitious aspirations are considered and even verbalized.

"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul" - G.K. Chesterton

It is said that to truly give yourself the best chance of success in achieving the new year's destination, you should include these two caveats: 

"A new year is unfolding - like a blossom with petals curled tightly concealing the beauty within." - Unknown

1.     Write it down.  There seems to be a powerful transference of proactive intent as the verbal word transcends to the written word.  Print it.  Post it.  Place copies where YOU can see them regularly (Consider posting where you can see it in the morning - bathroom, kitchen, clothes closet, steering wheel - or better yet, E-all of the above).  Reinforcement is the key to success.

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves".  - Bill Vaughan
2.     Tell others.  This will keep you honest.  There is a greater incentive to keep up with your goals to also keep your word.  Your character is riding on keeping to the task you set out for yourself.

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.  Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."  ~ Brooks Atkinson

Enjoy - It is never too late for any of us to be the people we were meant to be.

"Don't let your New Year's resolution be something that goes in one year and out the other." – Unknown

1/1/11:  Tomorrow's sunrise will begin a new day as well as a new year - may all your goals be realized and that you successfully make TIME for all that is truly meaningful in your life.  Happy New Year!


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