Dear Lord
I pray
whilst he sits upon the golden heath
waiting upon her now
I watch and I pray
yet I do not pray for him
and I do not pray for her
I fear I have a devil on my back
so we do not dance
and we do not speak
I hope he has an angel in his heart
I watch while I pray
for those less fortunate
for those more fortunate
whilst I kneel upon the wooden bench
bringing the square colours
down with my eyes
my knees feel the heat
the weight of the lids
24 candles blowing in the breeze
from the chapel door
the leaves remind me of you
coming and going as they please
I watch and I pray
yet I do not pray for you
and I do not pray for me
I fear I have a devil on my back
so I take off my jacket
and I take off my hat
I feel the breeze fill the gap
whilst he sits upon the golden heath
I watch while I pray
listening to the wind
whispering Amen.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Inspiration
Thought for the day:
It is a great feeling not to listen to those who say you will not be able to achieve something that you aspire to and to go on and achieve it anyway. The inspiration doesn’t come from proving them wrong, it comes from the discovery that you can.
There are those that you trust and believe, they inspire you to persevere with your aspiration, to overcome doubt from others and yourself, and those are the people that you listen to.
It is a great feeling not to listen to those who say you will not be able to achieve something that you aspire to and to go on and achieve it anyway. The inspiration doesn’t come from proving them wrong, it comes from the discovery that you can.
There are those that you trust and believe, they inspire you to persevere with your aspiration, to overcome doubt from others and yourself, and those are the people that you listen to.
Time
I wrote this two weeks ago whilst sitting at the Sydney airport waiting to embark on a journey to Albury.
Time.
It’s a strange concept really. It always reminds me of airports. Airports are the bustling hub of time. They hold every second and every hour and they efficiently use every second and every hour. There is no time for mistakes at airports. I missed my plane this morning, so I’m rather preoccupied with this mischievous, deceptive and foolishly misunderstood concept. We all know and accept that time passes, but do we know the formula of time over the speed that time passes? Is there a scientific reason for why sometimes time goes very quickly and it is impossible to keep track of where the time went, and at other times time goes so excruciatingly slowly you are left counting down each second and playing number games. I think the reason for this is our level of consciousness when we think about time passing. I’m sure many people have come up with that theory before and have expressed it more eloquently than I have, but I want to explore it a little bit more. Everyone has thought at some point a variation of, I wish that this moment could last forever. Or subsequently, I can’t wait until tomorrow. It’s so close, yet so far away! These overused statements may be clichés but they also demonstrate our power over time, or rather, the power our mental state can have over the passing of time. So how can we use this to our advantage rather than stressing about how fast time goes, and it passing before you can hold onto and appreciate the present? We can manipulate the passing of time by thinking about the concept in a different way. We can acknowledge that time passes at different speeds in different situations, however, it is important to remember that the actual length of a second will always be the same. If the building blocks of time are based on the same second length, then we know that no matter what, time will always pass at the same rate in reality. While this is obvious, it is useful when making sure time doesn’t pass too quickly or slowly in your mind. Time is divided into sections, semi-sections and semi-semi sections, but it is essentially the same length at every point of its cycle. This is the key to how we are able to use time to benefit our routines. We know how much time is available to us, how much we need and how fast or slow it seems to go, so by using this knowledge we can exploit every second that is available to us. Or, of course, we can by a proper alarm clock so we wake up with enough time to get to the airport without missing our planes.
Time.
It’s a strange concept really. It always reminds me of airports. Airports are the bustling hub of time. They hold every second and every hour and they efficiently use every second and every hour. There is no time for mistakes at airports. I missed my plane this morning, so I’m rather preoccupied with this mischievous, deceptive and foolishly misunderstood concept. We all know and accept that time passes, but do we know the formula of time over the speed that time passes? Is there a scientific reason for why sometimes time goes very quickly and it is impossible to keep track of where the time went, and at other times time goes so excruciatingly slowly you are left counting down each second and playing number games. I think the reason for this is our level of consciousness when we think about time passing. I’m sure many people have come up with that theory before and have expressed it more eloquently than I have, but I want to explore it a little bit more. Everyone has thought at some point a variation of, I wish that this moment could last forever. Or subsequently, I can’t wait until tomorrow. It’s so close, yet so far away! These overused statements may be clichés but they also demonstrate our power over time, or rather, the power our mental state can have over the passing of time. So how can we use this to our advantage rather than stressing about how fast time goes, and it passing before you can hold onto and appreciate the present? We can manipulate the passing of time by thinking about the concept in a different way. We can acknowledge that time passes at different speeds in different situations, however, it is important to remember that the actual length of a second will always be the same. If the building blocks of time are based on the same second length, then we know that no matter what, time will always pass at the same rate in reality. While this is obvious, it is useful when making sure time doesn’t pass too quickly or slowly in your mind. Time is divided into sections, semi-sections and semi-semi sections, but it is essentially the same length at every point of its cycle. This is the key to how we are able to use time to benefit our routines. We know how much time is available to us, how much we need and how fast or slow it seems to go, so by using this knowledge we can exploit every second that is available to us. Or, of course, we can by a proper alarm clock so we wake up with enough time to get to the airport without missing our planes.
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