Some time recently in my life, I came to realize similar things. Now, I hug my parents whenever we part ways (from a lunch, a family gathering, or whatever), and tell them I love them. Moving...
Some time recently in my life, I came to realize similar things. Now, I hug my parents whenever we part ways (from a lunch, a family gathering, or whatever), and tell them I love them.
Moving post. Thanks for sharing.
A haiku I wrote a while ago:
to check if you are
taking someone for granted
imagine them gone
Conversely, drop people that take you for granted, whom you could breath a sigh of relief when you imagine them gone. You don't have to hold a grudge, but neither are you obligated to reconcile.
Conversely, drop people that take you for granted, whom you could breath a sigh of relief when you imagine them gone. You don't have to hold a grudge, but neither are you obligated to reconcile.
Really engaging article. I've always enjoyed the philosophical discussion surrounding time. Alan Watts presented a unique perspective concerning conventional notions of time and its perception. He...
Alan Watts presented a unique perspective concerning conventional notions of time and its perception. He emphasized the significance of the present moment, which he referred to as the "eternal now." He proposed that true reality is found in the present moment, and that the past and future are illusions that distract us from fully experiencing the richness of the present.
He also argued that our perception of time as a separate entity creates a sense of separation between ourselves and the world. He suggested that this illusion of separation gives rise to our feelings of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and the desire to control the future.
I think manifesting a finite number of X left does underline how fleeting our lives are, but I think similar to what you’re touching on it also discards so much of the time in between. There’s a...
He proposed that true reality is found in the present moment, and that the past and future are illusions that distract us from fully experiencing the richness of the present.
I think manifesting a finite number of X left does underline how fleeting our lives are, but I think similar to what you’re touching on it also discards so much of the time in between. There’s a favourite quote I have on parenting young children:
“The days are long but the years are short.”
When you have little kids, you are beat down by the moment to moment of life, there’s no skipping ahead. But then somehow you emerge with school aged children in what feels like a blink of an eye.
Also random depressing thought for the gamers among us: if you’re mid thirties, you might play a new Elder Scrolls game five more times, if the next one out is five years and then assuming a ten year cadence.
Thank you for sharing this article. I was looking for a figure on books and was happy to see it included. A few years ago some friends and I were talking about just that, how many books we were...
Thank you for sharing this article. I was looking for a figure on books and was happy to see it included. A few years ago some friends and I were talking about just that, how many books we were likely to read in the rest of our lives (maybe springing off of this very article? I don't remember). After doing the math, I had more books on my "to read" shelf on Goodreads than I had left to read in my life.
That figure made me so uncomfortable that I still honestly don't like remembering it. I feel like I'm generally pretty accepting of my mortality, but at the same time it's so hard to really accept the fact that I don't have an infinite amount of time to read. I've become a lot more willing to drop books that I'm not enjoying since then.
It's also hard remembering I'll probably only own four-ish more cats in my lifetime, assuming two at a time and that they each live 15 years after adoption. Shouldn't there be more time for more cats?
Some time recently in my life, I came to realize similar things. Now, I hug my parents whenever we part ways (from a lunch, a family gathering, or whatever), and tell them I love them.
Moving post. Thanks for sharing.
A haiku I wrote a while ago:
Conversely, drop people that take you for granted, whom you could breath a sigh of relief when you imagine them gone. You don't have to hold a grudge, but neither are you obligated to reconcile.
Really engaging article. I've always enjoyed the philosophical discussion surrounding time.
Alan Watts presented a unique perspective concerning conventional notions of time and its perception. He emphasized the significance of the present moment, which he referred to as the "eternal now." He proposed that true reality is found in the present moment, and that the past and future are illusions that distract us from fully experiencing the richness of the present.
He also argued that our perception of time as a separate entity creates a sense of separation between ourselves and the world. He suggested that this illusion of separation gives rise to our feelings of anxiety, dissatisfaction, and the desire to control the future.
I think manifesting a finite number of X left does underline how fleeting our lives are, but I think similar to what you’re touching on it also discards so much of the time in between. There’s a favourite quote I have on parenting young children:
“The days are long but the years are short.”
When you have little kids, you are beat down by the moment to moment of life, there’s no skipping ahead. But then somehow you emerge with school aged children in what feels like a blink of an eye.
Also random depressing thought for the gamers among us: if you’re mid thirties, you might play a new Elder Scrolls game five more times, if the next one out is five years and then assuming a ten year cadence.
Thank you for sharing this article. I was looking for a figure on books and was happy to see it included. A few years ago some friends and I were talking about just that, how many books we were likely to read in the rest of our lives (maybe springing off of this very article? I don't remember). After doing the math, I had more books on my "to read" shelf on Goodreads than I had left to read in my life.
That figure made me so uncomfortable that I still honestly don't like remembering it. I feel like I'm generally pretty accepting of my mortality, but at the same time it's so hard to really accept the fact that I don't have an infinite amount of time to read. I've become a lot more willing to drop books that I'm not enjoying since then.
It's also hard remembering I'll probably only own four-ish more cats in my lifetime, assuming two at a time and that they each live 15 years after adoption. Shouldn't there be more time for more cats?
That's why crazy cat ladies exist: to overclock the human limit on numbers owned in a lifetime.
I measure my life in cats too. I use the scarcity of cats to justify why I become so obsessed with each cat.