Weekly Photo Challenge: Time is Change

February 5, 2016 by scillagrace

There’s no such thing as Time. It’s not a thing; it is a concept. It tries to explain why we see change, which is a thing.

This looks different!

This difference is a change. Why did it change? Because the tree fell. When did it fall? Ah, now we need a concept for that moment and for the changes since that moment.

This looks different. This is a change. Is it about the time? 47 years doesn’t mean much. The changes mean a lot. There was a man, a husband, a father, a singer. Now, there is no man, no husband, no father, no song.

What about this change?

It might look like a change from what you’re used to, but some people see this every day. No change; no time.

In order to feel a sense of time at all, we need to be able to imagine what something was like before and how it’s changed.

And then we try to measure the rate of change. How long did it take for this to become something different?

We humans get to think about change and time because we have such big, big brains. Other species don’t. That gives us a huge amount of responsibility. We should be taking that seriously, noticing changes and imagining what the future might be like.

In time, we’ll see what changes. And we’ll know how we’ve participated in that change as well.

Time

Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimism is a Choice!

January 22, 2016 by scillagrace

Good things are on the horizon. There’s a pink dawn behind the frost on my second story window.

I feel hopeful that the new day will be fair.

I believe we can always try to do better, that we don’t arrive, we practice.

With hard work and perseverance, we CAN clean up a mess and get things in better order. (I’ve lived here with Steve for 5 years; for the first time, we have all our clothes stored out of sight.)

I believe that ‘obstacles’ and ‘obligations’ are simply the wrong terms for ‘opportunities’. (My daughter quit her job and went back to college this week!)

I am an optimist, an idealist, and proud of it! The glass is waiting; FILL IT UP!

Optimistic

Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory

November 13, 2015 by scillagrace

“Victory” is a word that makes me rather uncomfortable. It brings to mind a dualism that causes suffering. In other words, if there’s a victor, there must be a loser. I feel sad when someone is put in that role. I do not like competition. I do not like war. I do not like capitalism. And I do not like losing or feeling “less than”. So often, winners are unkind, insensitive and arrogant. I was the fourth daughter in my family of origin, and I probably felt like “the loser” in lots of ways as a child: redundant, younger, dumber, less skilled. It doesn’t feel good to be on that side of the scale. I prefer to imagine a way that everyone can win, that we can all share and get what we need regardless of how much or how little we are able to contribute. I used to tell my own 4 children, “Fair doesn’t mean everyone gets the same thing. Fair means everyone gets what they need.” May all beings be happy. May we all feel that we can get what we need. I am hoping for a kinder Victory for my country, for my children, for myself.

Victory

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Time is Change

There’s no such thing as Time. It’s not a thing; it is a concept. It tries to explain why we see change, which is a thing.

This looks different!

This difference is a change. Why did it change? Because the tree fell. When did it fall? Ah, now we need a concept for that moment and for the changes since that moment.

This looks different. This is a change. Is it about the time? 47 years doesn’t mean much. The changes mean a lot. There was a man, a husband, a father, a singer. Now, there is no man, no husband, no father, no song.

What about this change?

It might look like a change from what you’re used to, but some people see this every day. No change; no time.

In order to feel a sense of time at all, we need to be able to imagine what something was like before and how it’s changed.

And then we try to measure the rate of change. How long did it take for this to become something different?

We humans get to think about change and time because we have such big, big brains. Other species don’t. That gives us a huge amount of responsibility. We should be taking that seriously, noticing changes and imagining what the future might be like.

In time, we’ll see what changes. And we’ll know how we’ve participated in that change as well.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Optimism is a Choice!

Good things are on the horizon. There’s a pink dawn behind the frost on my second story window.

I feel hopeful that the new day will be fair.

I believe we can always try to do better, that we don’t arrive, we practice.

With hard work and perseverance, we CAN clean up a mess and get things in better order. (I’ve lived here with Steve for 5 years; for the first time, we have all our clothes stored out of sight.)

I believe that ‘obstacles’ and ‘obligations’ are simply the wrong terms for ‘opportunities’. (My daughter quit her job and went back to college this week!)

I am an optimist, an idealist, and proud of it! The glass is waiting; FILL IT UP!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Victory

There’s no such thing as Time. It’s not a thing; it is a concept. It tries to explain why we see change, which is a thing.

This looks different!

This difference is a change. Why did it change? Because the tree fell. When did it fall? Ah, now we need a concept for that moment and for the changes since that moment.

This looks different. This is a change. Is it about the time? 47 years doesn’t mean much. The changes mean a lot. There was a man, a husband, a father, a singer. Now, there is no man, no husband, no father, no song.

What about this change?

It might look like a change from what you’re used to, but some people see this every day. No change; no time.

In order to feel a sense of time at all, we need to be able to imagine what something was like before and how it’s changed.

And then we try to measure the rate of change. How long did it take for this to become something different?

We humans get to think about change and time because we have such big, big brains. Other species don’t. That gives us a huge amount of responsibility. We should be taking that seriously, noticing changes and imagining what the future might be like.

In time, we’ll see what changes. And we’ll know how we’ve participated in that change as well.

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Good things are on the horizon. There’s a pink dawn behind the frost on my second story window.

I feel hopeful that the new day will be fair.

I believe we can always try to do better, that we don’t arrive, we practice.

With hard work and perseverance, we CAN clean up a mess and get things in better order. (I’ve lived here with Steve for 5 years; for the first time, we have all our clothes stored out of sight.)

I believe that ‘obstacles’ and ‘obligations’ are simply the wrong terms for ‘opportunities’. (My daughter quit her job and went back to college this week!)

I am an optimist, an idealist, and proud of it! The glass is waiting; FILL IT UP!

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