It’s True
I’m beginning to think maybe life itself may actually be based on a true story. I woke up yesterday and found the weather was just like what the forecast had predicted. Everything that happens is just like what really happens. It’s impressive. It would make a great marketing campaign. “Life …Based on a True Story!”
It seems odd though, since we are all just made-up characters.
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I am experiencing the weirdness of time perceptions again. The ‘long-ness’ and shortness of passing time. Both happen, simultaneously, and I am smack dab in the middle. I waited while Cyndie was having knee surgery and it was a classic moment of ‘killing time.’ Minutes, and then hours, pass by and I am static. When that phase ends, I move to being a companion in her recovery process. My normal activity is placed on hold. It was a long day.
Yet the day passed by very quickly. It seems like we just got up, and then we were home. A brief rest on the couch in the afternoon and suddenly we’re off to bed for the night.
It reminds me of my perception of having children. At first, they were around the house a lot and required frequent attention, and then not so much of either being around the house or needing attention. In the time it took me to bend down to put my socks on one morning, they were done with college and entering the work force.
The same things that seem to take a long time to pass, are also passing by very quickly. It’s true, even if it seems like I just made it up.
Relative Something 
It inspires me to wish for more!
johnwhays
November 23, 2010 at 6:19 pm
Why not? Let yourself go in the direction of your yearning – as I said, life is full of surprises and, depending on the wish, may offer up incredibly beautiful.
Ian
November 24, 2010 at 7:37 am
But life is full of surprises: you see, we didn’t plant camellias in the Spring Garden but a type of laurel used to create hedges here, but as it was in your mind’s eye to see camellia there I planted them between the laurel. And so there are 11 camellias there – your wish come true.
But just think about that a little. Your visit was my wish come true. No one ever came but I saw you here and suddenly you were REALLY there in spirit and deed – you and Cyndie – like two extensions of my own hands. I will never be able to thank you enough. The Forest Garden Estate flowers like never before!
Ian
November 23, 2010 at 8:31 am