In my personal journal today I found a note from Dee Dee Johnson of Fort Oglethorpe, and it reminded me of something I have learned about time: Believe it or not, you can slow time down.
She wrote, “I was sitting on my porch this morning feeling the cool and refreshing breeze. It feels so good. People who miss out on this time of day are missing a treat. The thought crossed my mind that it soon will be too cold to do this. What will I do then? I will anticipate when I can do it again.”
She had learned how refreshing a few minutes of quiet on a cool-breeze morning can be to the human mind. She could have hit the floor, quickly bathed and dressed and hit the road to some appointment, but she took time to enjoy the cool morning breeze with her old cat.
Every time during the day or night that we create a special moment to savor any activity that comforts and de-stresses us, we are slowing down time.
Time is, after all, subjective to each of us. Each person has his own ways to experience it. Why not choose ways that slow it down and allow us to taste it before it hurries on.