“No wonder it comes as a relief to be reminded of your insignificance. It’s the feeling of realising that you’d been holding yourself all this time to standards you couldn’t reasonably be expected to meet.” Oliver Burkeman
How, Not What Once, long ago, I asked about time, what was it I wondered, and this was solved by a second hand, everything a chronology, boxed and streamlined, leaving me dis-eased, feeling disordered, out of place, yearning for a sacred loitering, a soaking of space, awaiting an unfolding, and I realised my question had changed, how was time? Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Yes indeed Paul .. how is time .. “time hears no commands”
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Thankfully so Ivor, many thanks for that.
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The ancient Mayans lived by (count ’em) seven different calendars for various purposes, the simplest of which comprises three elegantly concentric spirals of what functions as a societal biorhythm, and makes ours look like a blank Kindergarten exercise page…
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Yes, an amazing people and culture, apparently nothing until the Spanish came to help enlighten them 🙂
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Yes, there wasn’t a single “civilized” culture on the planet until we got there to demonstrate true barbarity 🤯
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And look at those “civilized” nations now, Spain wracked by civil war and fascism, England ruined by its very over-reach, France ……
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That’s what we get for writing over the wisdoms of the world instead of studying them as we should have.
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Yes, totally agree Ana
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Yes, absolutely so, we have been so dumb.
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🤪🙄😏🤯
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The measurement of time began with the invention of sundials in ancient Egypt.
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And so began the demise of the working man 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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So clever, Paul! I love it.
-David
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Thank you very much David ❤️
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I’ve always found time a confounding concept. I feel better when I can be in the present moment and not think about it.
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Yes to that Liz!
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I love this deep reflective and challenging poem
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Thank you
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Thoughtful dear 🥰
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Thank you 🙏
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You are most welcome ❤️
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‘ Natural.’
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Yes! 😉
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Thank you so much 🙂
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