Asterisk Voyage

Maybe all this perceived speed comes from being driven toward goals. I have to put this analogy down to get past it. You are on a lake in a boat, there is a rope stretched from side to side. The only way you can get across is to pull hand over hand. This goal becomes your passion. The more you pull, the more momementum you gain, and the faster you go. If you become focused on a goal and and put all your energy into achieving it, time will go by rather quickly. The problem is life is full of such goals, goals at home, with the kids, etc. So instead of it being a linear vitage across the lake, a more accurate image may be a spider web or asterik. As deadlines and goals approach, time moves at the same rate. The more atcipation around a goal, the more energy around a deadline, the more the clock moves as well. The more we focus on getting across the lake, the more we loose along the way. You can't enjoy the lake, if you are focused on getting across it. When I was out of work post surgery, I couldn't do a lot of pulling on the rope. I was pretty much dead in the water. But I got to slow down and enjoy the view for a moment anyway. I also started this project. Even though, it just rambles along, I am able to get these ideas out of my head. When I was a small child, Christmas was the crossing of the lake, everything revolved around Christmas. It always seemed so far away, so far across the lake. Now I work retail, and Christmas arrives in August. Everyday now has deadlines, and I end up like a waterbug, bouncing across the lake from point to point.