Hi Friend,
I was out walking with my dog recently, enjoying a glorious summer morning.
I was high as a kite on caffeine, taking in everything along our path with gratitude and wonder.
In this heightened emotional state, I came upon a delightful little fairy garden someone had artfully planted in their front lawn.
There was a painted rock in the mix, with the inscription: “ENJOY TIME”
I stood there wondering, Is this a mistranslation from another language where they’re trying to say “It’s time to enjoy life!”? Or is it an intentional message, an exhortation that we ought to enjoy TIME itself??
Time haunts me, if I’m being honest.
There’s either too much of it (when will this meeting end?), or not enough (I completed only ONE task out of the TEN on my list).
But what if, as that fairy garden rock suggests, instead of making time the enemy of my grand plans, I simply notice it and observe it as I move through it.
As I attempt to enjoy time, day by day, hour by hour, I’m noticing that it’s changing the way I talk to (or just simply be with) my children, my husband, even my dog. (He’s wayyyy ahead of me on this one. Right this moment, he’s sitting beside me, panting away, and staring into space.)
Your thought experiment this week is to try to enjoy time, even when it feels interminable, or fleeting.
You may notice yourself becoming a bit softer, a bit more aware of your surroundings, and a bit more generous with the people you encounter.
As you lean into this experiment, consider this beautiful sentence from Irish poet John O’Donohue:
Possibility is the secret heart of time.
Shine on, my friend.
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