Time..

Sleeping in bits..

Yesterday I went to the Café Philo at the French institute in South Kensington. It starts at 10.30 am and entrance is £2 nowadays. The mediator alternates days in French and English. Check on the website.

I went for years. Same faces, a little older, some new younger ones. We used to have coffee then lunch together some of us but the coffee shop has closed down it seems. So bring your own! 😊

Well people state a topic and we vote out of 3. Most voted for the «paradox of killing time». I immediately thought how negative is that. He was younger than me so perhaps he had «too much time on his hands» but do I think of «wasting time or not»?? Not anymore being retired I suppose I can enjoy my time and let it flow at my own pace.

Some people said time was of value, time was money so you had to be efficient.

A lady gave the example of your plane being delayed and then you had time you hadn’t planned for..

A gentleman said time was subjective, if we were having a good time it would stretch, if we were not it would shrink.

Another person said if we were sick we would like time to pass away quicker maybe to end.

So I had to say something then because no thanks I think time is more of the essence when you are sick and yes there may be an issue of life and death but apart from the fact that we have no control over it anyway why should I see the glass half-empty?

My conclusion was a little messy, I wanted to say that Time was Education. We are taught how to use our time at school and we often model our parent’s’ ways. Dad used to read, Mum didn’t.

Also can time stand still, sometimes I’d like that : «like a lake with no ripples» Says Belleruth Naparstek in my health imagery podcast..

Finally good times have to last, that’s why I never read short stories I prefer never ending stories and trilogies.

I thought about football but kept my mouth shut 🤐

So a Sunday paradox?

Wishing you well xx

Fran

Ps: found that joke xx

[Katinka46]

Love the whole idea. There is a quote from a sundial about how the passage of time changes according to our circumstances. I will try and find it. For us poorly lung folk waiting for a test result or consultation stretches time into tortuous lengths. People often talk about how quickly time passes as we get older. That is not my experience. Hmmm..... much cogitation here.

Love and hugs, Fran,

Kate xxxx 🦓💕👩🏻‍🎓

[Hidden in reply to Katinka46]

Yes food for thought! Thank you Kate 😊

[Katinka46]

Aha! Found it:

“Time is too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.”

I have a book of sundial quotes. Lots of interesting reflections about the passage of time. Lots of nasty guilty stuff about wasting time so that time wastes us...

K xxx

[Hidden in reply to Katinka46]

Ahhhhhh I love that quote 💕🌷

[Yatzy]

Sounds good, Fran 🌷

I’ve checked cafe philo out online but none I can get too....the one in Manchester clashes with my babysitting, if it’s still running at all, outdated website.

You’re really getting out and about....wonderful! 🦋

Love the kitty picture 😂 xx

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

Ahhh that’s a pity.. I find it useful xx

[Yatzy]

Ps Try the British Museum, Fran. It’s all about cats 🐈 at the moment.....you’ll love it 😍

P xx

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

I will thanks Penny xx

[sassy59]

Good morning Fran, very interesting post and made me think.

Time is precious

Time is short

It passes quickly

Without much thought

Each day is 24 hours

Or that’s what we are told

Yet time, it just rushes by

I feel I’m growing old.

I make the most of every day that I get to spend with Pete and our family. They all mean the world to me.

Enjoy your day and make the most of it all. 😉👍

Take care, love Carole xx 😘💖😘💖

[Hidden in reply to sassy59]

Good morning Carole 💕🌺

Yes I agree with all you wrote. I feel the same.

I’m meeting with my brother’s children today, taking them out to lunch while he is away. It will be nice.

Take care, love Fran xx 😘 🌟💓

[sassy59 in reply to Hidden]

That sounds like fun Fran. Have a great time. Xxx 😍😘👍

[Katinka46 in reply to sassy59]

Love it, thanks Carole. 💕🦓💐

[sassy59 in reply to Katinka46]

You’re welcome dear kate. Xxx 🌹😘💕

[2greys]

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[Sharp5Flat13 in reply to 2greys]

Teetotally Gear 2greys.

[Hidden in reply to 2greys]

Sending me back in time 2greys 😃 Eternal Pink Floyd!!

[Izb1]

Seems like you are having a jolly good time down there and living upto your name of happylondon, making the most of your stay is wonderful. Enjoy every moment

Time is a very strange thing. When I was working time seemed to fly which I put down to deadlines and stress, but since I have retired Monday seems to follow Friday at an alarming rate, which I think is due to me loving life again, yet when waiting at appointments it always slows down, perhaps it is just a state of mind after all. x

[Hidden in reply to Izb1]

Hi Irene,

Well it all helps, just one activity per day more or less. Mornings are slow, gathering strength, making up for lost sleep then I go to get the papers and get a lethal espresso from the local Italian shop, have a late lunch and do something medical or fun.,

Thank you for your kindness xx

Frsn

[hypercat54]

Stephen King said it best. He called time we are enjoying 'Pretty Pony Time'. This is when we are enjoying ourselves. x

[skischool]

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xx

[Yatzy in reply to skischool]

Superb, Skis! Does Scruffs keep your piece of paper?? 🤣 xx

[skischool in reply to Yatzy]

Of course Penny,she has a 24 hr supply of post it's for whatever time of day it is. xx

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

Sorry I'm lowering the tone here but it is about time and I thought it so funny.

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[skischool in reply to Hidden]

Brilliant, not one bit politically correct,well done master Po x

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

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[Yatzy]

Hope she can count then....or is it a lucky dip?? With ‘dinner time’ cropping up quite often?

😀 xx

[Hidden in reply to Yatzy]

Think she is losing count..😃 xx

[katieoxo60]

Hi Fran thanks for post on time , this is a quick reply as I am away for a few days from today so catch up with you later in the week. Glad you are tripping down memory lane xx

[Hidden in reply to katieoxo60]

Thank you Kate! Enjoy your days off! Xx

[Hacienda]

My memory is Digging Deep Here: A Teacher Mrs Wolfe,(her name came to me easily) Made us all Learn & Recite at Morning Assembly. "I have No Time to Stand and & Stare " Like Sheep & Cows etc. Sorry, can't remember the rest, someone with a Good memory on here will Know it. Hace Buen dias en Londres Fran. Besos. xxxxx

[skischool in reply to Hacienda]

What is this life if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

No time to stand beneath the boughs

And stare as long as sheep or cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,

Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,

Streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,

And watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can

Enrich that smile her eyes began.

A poor life this if, full of care,

We have no time to stand and stare.

"Leisure" is a poem by Welsh poet W. H. Davies, appearing originally in his Songs Of Joy and Others, published in 1911 by A. C. Fifield and then in Davies' first anthology Collected Poems by the same publisher in 1916.

Ski's and Scruff's purveyors of literature for a reasonable fee, xx

[Hidden in reply to skischool]

Yes it makes me wonder sometimes.. I ran away to London and I am still full of care 😃 well life is the times in between for now..

Thank you my dear Skis 🎿 xx

Fran

[Hacienda in reply to skischool]

Now it all comes back to me, Gracias me Carino's, You make a Good Team. Besitos. xxxx

[Hacienda in reply to skischool]

I didn't appreciate it at a young age and having to recite it at Assembly, at that time never understood it. Now, Older, Wiser, Woman of the world. Time is so precious, whichever way you Describe it...It is there to enjoy, until, Like a Candle in the wind. ........

[Hidden in reply to Hacienda]

A bit like Brer Rabbit!!

Sometimes he would sit and stare

And sometimes he would just sit!! 🐇 😘💕

[Hacienda in reply to Hidden]

Ski's y Scruffita Conoces Fran.. All came back to me. Besitos xxx