I've been saying for a while now that time just needs to slow down. It seems the older I get the faster time just seems to fly by. I want to hope it's just because I am working full time and when I finally retire things will slow down, but I have a feeling that isn't the case.
I've talked to quite a number of people who feel the same way. They say that the world is faster than it used to be. Technology has accelerated the pace at which we do many things and I have to wonder if it is also increasing the pace at which we age.
I'm sure that probably isn't the case. People have been writing poems, stories, and songs for centuries about how fleeting time is. There are even an abundance of sayings about the phenomenon like "Time flies" and "Youth is wasted on the young".
Personally, I've been trying to do what I can to make sure time doesn't go by quite so fast. It's hard! I'm trying to get out of that mindset where I am waiting for the for the weekend to get here. It never fails before I know it the weekend has come and gone and then I am waiting for the next weekend to show up.
That's no way to live!
Like I said, it's hard when you are busy working all the time, but I am making a concerted effort to try and stop and take a breath every now and then. Even if it means I just stop and take a picture of a flower I see.
Like this one. I was up north a couple of weekends ago and I saw these flowers in a planter outside of a building. I am sure I got a few looks from people, but I stopped to take some macro shots. I don't know what it is about macro shots but I kind of feel like they have that "Matrix" effect where time slows down just a little bit.
Maybe it just has to do with the fact that the camera takes a little longer to focus when you take shots like this. That in turn gives me more opportunity to focus myself.
I really like the way this last one turned out. I feel like it would make a really good black and white edit. Actually, maybe one of those crossover edits where you make everything black and white except for where the water droplets touch the petal or something like that.
My garden is in a sorry state, but I was out looking at it the other day and I noticed that my garlic plants had some scapes shooting out of them. I'm going to let them go this year as I don't want to damage the plants any more than I did last year.
Many times my wife and I are so busy traveling in the summer that we don't really get to spend a lot of time out in our own yard. Either that, or it's just too hot.
Maybe excuses are the way we rob ourselves of the precious time that we try so hard to hold onto.
I guess I have never thought of it that way...
I mentioned before that I am taking a trip to Colorado this summer. I've been waiting for what feels like ages for it to be here. I know when it finally arrives, it is going to be over in the blink of an eye. I hope that when the time comes I can just be still enough to appreciate the moment. In fact, I'm going to try and make a point to do that.
Ever since our dog Jovi passed away, the rabbits have virtually taken over our yard. They were always around before, but I think they were a little more cautious as well as a little more sparse. It seems like they know that it is their space now. I don't have any intention of kicking them out as long as they don't start digging up my yard.
Just look at this guy. I don't think I have ever seen a rabbit quite so content. Usually they are sitting straight up glancing around, eating, waiting to bolt away at any sudden movement or sound. This guy has his side flat on the ground just watching the world go by.
That's what we all need. Some moments where we are just completely content, nowhere to be, nothing to do, just in the moment and living our best life.
We should all be so lucky to slow down like that.
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