Ever so often we hit a slump where we just feel drained and wonder where do we go next with writing. I am there—No I am not there let me restate that I have many things to say but right now is not the time. I am living in a fog these days and the things I see are not very clear and so I know it is not a time for writing new pieces. The fog will be lifting soon I know for it always does. We all have these days in the mean time, I chose to go way back in the archieves of Always Victoria to see if I might find something to share that most of you have not seen.
So let me present Speed of Life not Light
My husband and my best friends, who know me well could say I am known for spending time reflecting over things. Not just any of my friends can say that because I like many of you do the same thing I imagine. We often wear a superficial facade allowing people to know and see us the way in which we want them to. The reason for this is we have our own life to live and we have our own secrets. That is what brings me to this point…..something to think about………
Reality is dependent on the speed at which life is lived.”
- Does a more aware person live at a faster or slower speed?
- Is anything missed by living in the fast lane?
- Is anything gained?
- At which speed is happiness more apparent?
- As we age does time go quicker?
- Is life in the twilight years slower or faster?
What do you think ? Opinions….we all have them……..sharing them would be very nice………I love to share do you? Come on now, oh well you must be shy no I know better your just living in the fast lane and nothing is gained by that. I’m not happy actually I think I might have to pout.
Really, think about this and I would like if you share your thoughts. I try and enjoy each day as if I might not have a tomorrow saying the things to those I want to. If something comes along I want to do then I do it. I am not certain how long I might be able to enjoy that activity….. right now I know I love life…….and you have no idea what my life is do you?
September 5th, 2006 at 3:51 pm
Good point, we can have ideas of what other’s lives are like but we really don’t know. I love life as well and it’s taken me a long time to get here. I’m learning to love it more, each day.
I think a more aware person’s life would go slower because they would stop to smell the roses, but at the same time, the time goes too quickly.
People seem more happy when life is going at a good pace but not too quick. Vacations staying at home are nice, more of a lazy lifestyle for a few days does a body (and relationships) good.
Time started going by faster after I hit 35… wooosh!
I think a lot is missed by living in the fast lane, too much quality of life, always trying to get more done in less time, but we miss the little things that mean the most.
I’ve heard that the twilight years go quicker.
This was fun
Have a good day and enjoy the slow times. You’ll get out of the slump, it’s probably not really a slump, you’re just slowing down to catch your breath
Love you!
September 5th, 2006 at 4:18 pm
I hope the fog lifts quickly for you, sweetie. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you.
XO
September 5th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
These days I like to try and enjoy each moment of life, but sometimes life can be so stressful that we forget to take time and stop and smell the roses, as the saying goes. There always seems to be something or someone making demands on my time.
I guess you just have to live one day at a time and try and not worry about tomorrow.
I hope your fog lifts soon. Take care.
September 5th, 2006 at 6:13 pm
Seems like summers lasted for a very long time when I was a kid, but the older I got, it seems the faster the days and weeks go by. Then after losing my husband, the days seemed to stretch on and on for much longer time. Then once I found projects to get done, the days weren`t long enough to accomplish all I was trying to get done. So, while age seems to affect our feeling towards time, I feel so does our emotionds make some days seem much longer than other days. Just my own thought on time speeding by faster or slower.
September 5th, 2006 at 6:25 pm
Can any of us say that another person knows us completely? Heck, I can’t even say that I know myself completely. Those I choose to share the most with are few…probably only two at the moment. And to be truthful, I like it that way.
As for the speed of life, it’s definitely going faster as I get older, and I can’t imagine it slowing down. The only thing that bothers me about that is that I can see I’m losing time on learning the things I was supposed to in this life. I’ve let unimportant things distract me. I need posts like yours to remind me.
September 5th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
I’m not sure which speed I live my life in, but I am sure that I always make sure to let the people I love know that I love them. That’s what is important to me.
Thanks for visiting my site!
September 5th, 2006 at 8:21 pm
Please don’t pout. Thanks as always for the visits you make to my site and the kind and supportive comments you leave. I truly appreciate them.
I think time is going faster as I get older. I feel like the Flintstones in their Flintstone mobile, sticking their feet out and trying to slow down, but nothing slows down the flow of time. The other day, my husband asked what all the black stuff under my eyes was, why was I wearing so much eye makeup, and I had to tell him it wasn’t makeup, it was the bags under my eyes.
But I still feel like I have a lot left to do and to contribute. I’m not always sure what it is, but I’m looking, and I’ll find it, as will you.
September 5th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Time does go faster as you age. Not sure why..I think it’s because we know ourselves better and know more of what we really want to do and there is less time to do so? And we are caught up in trying to keep the roof over our head and food on our plates.
September 5th, 2006 at 10:02 pm
I’ve found life seeming to go faster these days, though I’m not necessarily living it faster. My life is full of the boys and what they’re doing. A little of it is my own stuff, but not too much. The summer went by so quick.
September 5th, 2006 at 10:43 pm
I don’t know any answers to your first four questions but I’ll try to weigh in on the other two. I think time seems to go faster for us as we get older because each day is a smaller percentage of our lifetime than it was when we were younger. I am nearly 63 so I have lived about 22,995 days. When I was 35, that number was about 12,775 and at age 6, only 2190. So today one day is only 1/22,995th of my life while when I was six it was 1/2,190th.
Each single day goes by faster when I am busy. If I have little to do, the day can seem to drag. But the past year has gone by pretty fast.
I think the important thing is to try to make each day one we can feel good about. Do something good for someone. Make or contact a friend. We can’t all invent the cure for some terrible disease but we can all help someone else have a better day by being a presence in their lives. Go forth and multiply can have many meanings.
September 5th, 2006 at 11:07 pm
1 - Does a more aware person live at a faster or slower speed?
1a - he or she might live at a faster pace.
2- Is anything missed by living in the fast lane?
2a - you probably see more and maybe even learn more but i think slower is better. you appreciate the little things when your going slower.
3 - Is anything gained?
3a - you may learn more but you may also for get some of the important things in life.
4- At which speed is happiness more apparent?
4a - probably a moderate speed.
5- As we age does time go quicker?
5a - time does go quicker and i can attest to that.
6- Is life in the twilight years slower or faster?
6a - it seems to be going slow at the time but after the year has passed you can’t beleive it has.
have a great day miss vickie.
September 6th, 2006 at 12:31 am
As i get older i find that the days goes by quicker. i feel that i do not have much more time in life..so i better take advantage of the time that is left and try to live it to the fullest. love more, enjoy life more with the ones i love and spend every minute i am awake doing good things, for me or the ones i love around me. getting closer to God helps in feeling the fulfillment of living, makes me know that my life has meaning.
September 6th, 2006 at 4:28 am
Hello Ms Vickie ~~ I do hope you are feeling
much better today. Thank you for your comment on my new blog which seems to be working. I lost everything from heronsnest, but had printed most of my 251 posts. Take care, Have a nice day, Merle.
September 6th, 2006 at 8:18 am
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And one cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. …. each day is sufficient unto itself; time is man-made and is of no concern to God.
September 6th, 2006 at 9:22 am
My only comment Vickie is that as you get older your life resembles a roll of toilet paper, the nearer the end you get the faster it goes.
September 6th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Sharing our deep dark secrets and hurt is extremely hard to do - at least for me. It is hard for people to get to know the real me - I am funny, I have love in my heart to share but not with some that are supposedly close to me, I have unfulfilled desires that I will never get to experience. And the list could go on and on.
So what lane do I live in? I have no clue.
September 6th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Vickie, just wanted you to know I was thinking of you specifically and foremost during the hour. Talk to you later tonight.
September 6th, 2006 at 10:12 pm
I have a sense of a gradual acceleration of the passage of Time. Beyond that, I can see or at least sense when a person is happy, or at least outwardly content with their lot in life; conversely, when they — at least outwardly — are not.