Calendar Girl Blog: Time Management
Calendars mark time. No matter which calendar you use, my time is dished out in equal parcels to your time. We both have this moment. No other time frame is certain. Just now. So our calendars offer a promise, some form of hope of something that may not happen. A time that may not come for us.
Calendars guarantee nothing.
How we use our time, and our calendars may differ depending on our beliefs, but our starting point is the same no matter how you throw the dice. We have now. We do not have tomorrow.
Our calendars have time, not us.
When someone dies, suddenly time gets a different amount and type of attention. Death triggers the reality that our time on this earth has a limit. We each have a Best Before Date stamped on out butts. Each of us holds some delusion, perhaps that the date is far, far in the future and will come with advance notice. I've argued blue in the face with people convinced that they will live to ripe healthy old ages, then gracefully drift off into their sunset. It's not that I want to piss on their romantic parade, but more that I believe that people would live more authentically if they lived right now.
I selfishly like being surrounded by 'in the moment energy'. It's vibrant, alive, present.
So, what are you doing with your time?
Henry planted trees from seed. This is a very generous example of use of time. Henry didn't limit his thinking to his own time on the planet. His understanding of time exceeded his own lifespan. He seized the day, the hour, the minute and the second with action and activity that was not always immediately gratifying. He bathed in his time. Gloried. And he left so much more than he used.
Calendar Girl plants creative seeds. In this year's calendar, she's encouraged owners to take a photo of themselves to be placed on their own birthdate. Being in the calendar is a powerful, life affirming experience that can forever shift your consciousness. With this simple seed idea, everyone can be in the Breast of Canada calendar and give themselves the gift of broader perspective. Perspective helps you understand that life has limits.
Really knowing the limits of life allows for total freedom.
Calendar Girl
Tags:Breast of Canada, death, Henry Kock.
Calendars guarantee nothing.
How we use our time, and our calendars may differ depending on our beliefs, but our starting point is the same no matter how you throw the dice. We have now. We do not have tomorrow.
Our calendars have time, not us.
When someone dies, suddenly time gets a different amount and type of attention. Death triggers the reality that our time on this earth has a limit. We each have a Best Before Date stamped on out butts. Each of us holds some delusion, perhaps that the date is far, far in the future and will come with advance notice. I've argued blue in the face with people convinced that they will live to ripe healthy old ages, then gracefully drift off into their sunset. It's not that I want to piss on their romantic parade, but more that I believe that people would live more authentically if they lived right now.
I selfishly like being surrounded by 'in the moment energy'. It's vibrant, alive, present.
So, what are you doing with your time?
Henry planted trees from seed. This is a very generous example of use of time. Henry didn't limit his thinking to his own time on the planet. His understanding of time exceeded his own lifespan. He seized the day, the hour, the minute and the second with action and activity that was not always immediately gratifying. He bathed in his time. Gloried. And he left so much more than he used.
Calendar Girl plants creative seeds. In this year's calendar, she's encouraged owners to take a photo of themselves to be placed on their own birthdate. Being in the calendar is a powerful, life affirming experience that can forever shift your consciousness. With this simple seed idea, everyone can be in the Breast of Canada calendar and give themselves the gift of broader perspective. Perspective helps you understand that life has limits.
Really knowing the limits of life allows for total freedom.
Calendar Girl
Tags:Breast of Canada, death, Henry Kock.
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