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"Time ripens all things.

With time, all things are revealed.

Time is the father of truth."

~ Francois Rabelais

If you've been following, you've noticed I have an interest in people's perception of time. This 'thing' that you can't hear or feel or see amazes me because it is so powerful in its effects.

How we perceive an event may be grounded in the reality of motion but measured on this human scale called time. How different we all perceive the effects of - the illusion of - our concept of time!

Time is band-aid that heals bleeding wounds. If everything else stayed constant except the passing of time, it (in and of itself) is powerful enough to heal. 

Time causes suffering when too many band-aids are put on top of each other over time.

Time is your best friend when it's all you have to get a grip on.

  

Your enemy when it tricks you.

Time can be lost and found...

...bought, spent, 

wanted, wasted,

long or short

And although, in theory, the hands of our clock can tick in both directions, time as we all know it only moves forward.

Seems vicious when it can take us backward so often as it does.

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And yet collectively there is no one unified perception of time - or anything for that matter.

So I invite you to ask yourself this question,

What's the most significant measure of time in your life?

the problem with problems

Life is full of illusions - and if you don't believe this, consider reading The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.

One illusion?

Problems

You can't touch a problem. In fact, you can't even solve one.  Realize that there are no problems - only situations that can either be dealt with right now or left alone and accepted.  

If you became completely present - focusing your attention on this very moment - it is impossible to have a problem. Our minds create problems to create an identity of sorts. Pain. 

Don't identify yourself with pain. Make the choice to create no more pain for yourself. Give up the suffering of the 'problem illusion.' 

Un-do the collective contamination on this planet by making the conscious choice that you will create no more pain for yourself by identifying your life - your self - as problematic.

The next time you have a 'problem', I challenge you to go ahead and describe to yourself why it is actually a problem in this very moment.

Problems are mind-made and they need time to survive. But they cannot survive in the actuality of right now.

perception vs. truth

Ever walked through the rain

and

felt

like

the 

drops

never

touched

you?

be there...

"On behalf of every man, looking out for every girl - you are the God and the weight of her world."

~John Mayer

Thinking of the upcoming "Father's Day" and each year I think of the same thing....

It's not just a day for Fathers.  It's a day to all the men who have made a positive difference in the life of a child or a grandchild - any child, even the ones in adult skin.  There are quite a few men in my life who are not blood related - who choose to be there for me, for my kids.  And the ones who are true blood - well - they choose to be there too.  

I am so lucky to have this yet I am also reminded of the ones who aren't.  I have always believed that parents who do not make their kids feel like the most important people on the planet (fathers specifically) are contributing to one of the most catastrophic man-made epidemics our race will endure.

John Mayer won song of the year for his lyrics to the song "Daughters" and it's no mystery why...

"Fathers - be good to your daughters, daughters will live like you do.  Girls become lovers - who turn into mothers, so mothers be good to your daughters too."

Men, boys - realize the power you have to give someone their wings in life.

It's the most important job you'll ever have.

Thank You, Dad.

when you close your eyes

Who do you say goodnight to each night?

Include those who may not hear you in your thoughts...

it's true - you

Stephen Hawking once said that the more aware an animal is of its environment, the more successful it will be.

I can't help but think how connected this is to Eckhart Tolle's belief that lack of self-awareness is the most concerning human epidemic - that consciousness IS success, personal success and thus a collective success.

And then, conveniently, the Buddha.."It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. It cannot be taken from you."

If we all strive to find our own truth, the truth is inseparable from who we are.

Believe in yourself or at least let me believe in you.