tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post4587260707368919657..comments2023-11-26T17:19:22.499+00:00Comments on RAMBLES FROM MY CHAIR: TIMEScriptor Senexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-80088491841987770672009-08-10T02:11:21.739+01:002009-08-10T02:11:21.739+01:00Hmm ... I'm not sure I was supposed to think w...Hmm ... I'm not sure I was supposed to think when I was working. :0)<br /><br />I was just supposed to get those forms and letters cranked out and back in the post.<br /><br />Take care,<br />The Canadian chickadeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-27335467461685977732009-08-09T20:29:27.281+01:002009-08-09T20:29:27.281+01:00Canadian Chickadee, you have reminded me of how gu...Canadian Chickadee, you have reminded me of how guilty I would feel in work if I was caught staring out of the window. I was usually thinking about work but being caught in a supposedly non-productive activity was always somehow 'wrong'. One was expected always to have one's hands and eyes doing things if one was to be working properly. I'm not sure when people expected you to think!Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-32773322983058003342009-08-09T19:31:11.175+01:002009-08-09T19:31:11.175+01:00Hebridean time must be similar to Hawaiian time --...Hebridean time must be similar to Hawaiian time -- there it's called it "island time." There's something about being on an island which makes time seem less relevant. Still only 24 hrs. a day, but it seems more leisurely somehow.<br /><br />I found some comments on time which I'd like to share. These are from the poet Kathleen Norris's book, "The Cloister Walk" which came out in 1996. Other works of hers include "Acedia and Me," and "Amazing Grace, a Vocabulary of Faith": <br /><br />The Benedictines refer to their Liturgy of the Hours as 'the sanctification of time.' ...<br /><br />In our culture, time can seem like an enemy: it chews us up and spits us out with appalling ease. But the moastic perspective welcomes time as a gift from God, and seeks to put it to good use rather than allowing us to be used up by it. A friend who was educated by the Benedictines has told me that she owes to them her sanity with regard to time. 'You never really finish anything in life,' she says, 'and while that's humbling, and frustrating, it's all right. The Benedictines, more than any other people I know, insist that there is time in each day for prayer, for work, for study, and for play.' <br /><br />Liturgical time is essentially poetic time, oriented toward process rather than productivity, willing to wait attentively in stillness rather than always pushing to 'get the job done' ...<br />---<br /><br />I particularly like the emphasis on the value of stillness, and process as opposed to worldy 'productivity'. It gives us permission to read or study when other people might think we should be engaged in something more 'productive.' <br /><br />And with that, I think I'll go off and read my book for a bit. Hope you're having a good day,<br /><br />The Canadian ChickaeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-52947510935725164542009-08-02T12:10:29.234+01:002009-08-02T12:10:29.234+01:00I think we could all do with taking Hebridean time...I think we could all do with taking Hebridean time, from time to time!<br /><br />A very valuable post, Sir. Thank you so...A Woman Of No Importancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194976046531063422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5684277511053973833.post-61041036698510039922009-08-01T22:23:00.125+01:002009-08-01T22:23:00.125+01:00Oh John - you have caught the Hebridean disease - ...Oh John - you have caught the Hebridean disease - "ish ish" time.<br />It took me a while to get used to it but I too now say "I will do it today or if not tomorrow or ......."<br /><br />Thank you for that blog - it was most thought provoking.<br /><br />I love the pictures of your garden. I think it is beautiful - just as nature intended - we "tidy" too much. xxSpesh 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/07044378302911602273noreply@blogger.com