Thanks :) If I don't have the youth, I certainly have the foolishness that usually goes along with it.
On Apr 1, 5:45 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Your plate is obviously full and amazingly you find some time to visit > us here and offer some words. I take it you have enough of your youth > left to tackle a restoration project of a 120 year old home, and 3 > kids to boot. Kudos to you! > > On Apr 1, 9:35 am, Lonlaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My shackles are made of Time. At a time in my life, I didn't have > > enough money to do what I wanted to do, but now I have not enough > > time. I have three children who's science fair projects are due on > > Friday. I have a seat that I need to occupy 5 days a week from > > 7:30-4:30, or else. I have 7-10 days to hammer out a warplan to > > occupy a soon to be purchased 120 year old home (suffering from the > > effects of time). I have two days a week to tackle large projects > > that need to be done, SOON. I have given myself 5 years to accomplish > > something important, that I am proud of. > > > I need to stop typing now, I can feel my blood pressure spiking, and > > my pulse rate increasing. > > > On Apr 1, 5:40 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > We know that time exists, at least for us, here, within our awareness, > > > unless you are one of those who deem time as an illusion. However, > > > even if time did not exist, one could watch a speck of dust fall and > > > measure that interval and perceive it as time but its existence is not > > > the point. Time is like a commodity which we use, trade and measure. > > > We can spend time, waste time, bide time, utilize time, consume time > > > and even do time, among the numerous applications of time. Aside from > > > the chronological measurement of time we also have the quality of time > > > where something can happen at the right or wrong time or you could > > > have the time of your life, what the Greeks called Kairos. Then there > > > is space time, time dilation, quantized time, relativistic and > > > Newtonian time etc. Time is something we tend to view as acquiring in > > > the form of accumulated time, as in I have a lot of time right now. > > > Personally I haven't had much time lately and haven't been able to > > > respond to many reply posts, so I think now might be the right time to > > > apologize to some of you, I guess you could say, in a timely manner. > > > Ordinarily I try to avoid time as much as possible and only get caught > > > up in it when interacting with someone else who lives by time, which > > > is as of late in a coordinated project. I rarely know what time it is > > > and if asked what time I want something done I usually reply, > > > "whatever time is good for you". Because I have mostly freed myself of > > > time constraints, I can sleep till I'm no longer tired, eat when I'm > > > hungry and simply beat my own drum. This is not easy within a society > > > that operates on global synchronicity. One could measure the > > > durability of something simply by observing the outcome through the > > > test of time. I don't really find much that stands the test of time > > > these days but ultimately the earth and all its wonder certainly has, > > > and sometimes love. The question is, do we really need time? Could > > > we live without it? This is something that has been the subject of > > > many philosophical discussions since, should I say?, the beginning of > > > time. If time has a beginning shouldn't it have an end? I guess it > > > does because we seem to confine ourselves within time segments and set > > > forth various rules of time management, living by the clock, not just > > > within a day but for some, every second, perhaps every millisecond > > > counts. Oops, I'm running out of time! lol > > > > So does time matter for you? How much are you affected by time? > > > > Please take time to answer, if you have the time and if you don't then > > > just make time. > > > > At least give me the time of day!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
