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Dina's avatar

Just looked at some definitions of Time, and these two resonate with what you saying, Alis; 1) the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole; 2) a point of time as measured in hours and minutes past midnight or noon. For me the wisdom lies in holding this paradox at all Times (pun intended). I started to 'savour the moment' with my 3.5 yrs old granddaughter, thinking perhaps it will help her as she grows to be a grown up. Even her little life is scheduled and busy (oftentimes I look at how her legs work overtime to keep up with adult's walk in Chronos). Savouring moments with her (smell the flower, look at the sun playing on a leaf, close your eyes and listen to a bird...), helps me to slow my Time as well.

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Really glad that this came out of this morning's call - have not been introduced to Chronos and Kairos before, which feels like a powerful way of discerning how to optimise this (most?) precious resource. The duality of action/inquiry is likewise 'fresh' and brings into focus the ever present dance between cause and effect. In the context of this morning's 'Lines of Development' exploration, are there similar insightful articles like this for each line? That would be a great help.

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