On making friends with time
Sue Heatherington @ The Waterside

On making friends with time

We are so steeped in a mechanical relationship with time that we don’t see it as subjective and organic.

Instead, we fight for mastery and control.

Yet if time isn’t something done to us, how could we cultivate a healthy knowing?

And if time isn’t a foe, what might it be like as a friend?

~ I am waiting with eager anticipation for our copy of 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman to arrive tomorrow!

Linda Edwards

Chief Executive at Education for Health, Executive Coach and OD consultant

2 年

Once I understood that time is a human construct, it became easier for me to manage my days with greater ease. Occasionally I need to remind myself of this fact. After all I am human!

Time is the only resource we all get the same amount of. There is something very beautiful about that.

Diane Wyzga, Esq. / Story Architect

Mentoring women lawyers & professionals committed to shaping & sharing their story to unbalance the status quo.

2 年

There was a time before time There was a time before clocks and timepieces. There was a time when people lived by different rhythms, more in tune with creation and themselves. I see them here on the banks of your river Sue Heatherington

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