time moves away clock eternity

 

Aici lo tems s’en , va res l’Eternitat.”

<here, in this place, time moves away toward eternity>

 

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“The first to do nothing, when a situation demands nothing, often gets everything.”

 

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Bruce McTague

 

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Well.

 

In this place time moves away toward eternity.

 

Echoes in eternity ripplesWhenever I see this phrase I think two thoughts:

 

  • those moments in which a decision is made, a choice is arrived at, and life moves away from that time, and place and choice … toward eternity

 

  • All things in their own time.

 

In today’s world everything is urgent, a crisis or a life directional decision.

And that is a false narrative.

 

 

We make hundreds of decisions and choices daily. More often than not decision 133 relegates decision 27 to the scrap heap.

 

It is because of this more often than not we make any decision we can, when we can, and move on. It’s not because we are lazy or because we are thoughtless but experience tells us that on most choices another choice will arise in which we can correct whatever we may have got wrong in some past choice.

 

That is a basic understanding of consequences of choice.

And, more often than not, that is a Life truth.

 

I would suggest this basic understanding partially drives how most of us await choices and decisions rather than proactively seek out ones to make. We assume choices have a mind of their own and will … well … all things in their own time.

 

The challenge with this approach to Life is that inaction is also a choice. And it is actually an active choice. I say that because many times in action can be the correct action.doing something doing nothing life

 

 

For example.

If a decision is not needed and yet you force a decision upon the moment … an unintended consequence may be that you have circumvented the arrival of a more correct answer to choose from. Hence … as I said upfront … doing nothing can sometimes get you everything.

 

And then, of course, there are the moments to push a decision and choice into the moment. And, yes, I purposefully used “push.”

 

Because these are the choices and decisions which time moves away toward eternity.

 

These are the choices which you push because you want it to get started and gain momentum toward eternity … not just lollygag its way toward eternity.

 

 

Frankly?

 

We don’t have many of those. While we reflect back on Life we may think we see more than there really are … in truth … while all choices & decisions move away toward eternity only some truly have consequences on eternity.

 

It is difficult to know when and where to push. Just as it is difficult to know when and where to do nothing.

 

Moments don’t come with directions and choices & decisions don’t come in certain packages so you can recognize them for what they are.

 

I sometimes worry that we have created a world, certainly a business world, which is increasingly hasty and we are conditioning everyone to not only demand an answer <even if no answer is called for> and, maybe worse, even to grab the first answer that comes along.

 

We certainly are not teaching to any extent that do nothing can ultimately give you everything.

 

We certainly are not teaching to any extent that not all do somethings are created equal and that the immediate consequence is not always a reflection of the ultimate consequence.

 

Here is what I know.

 

It can feel overwhelming to admit to yourself that you have a personal responsibility for any and all choices & decisions you make … all hundreds you make every day. But each and every one of us do have that responsibility. And I say that because if you accept the responsibility you have significantly increased your odds to not only do nothing in the moments which you could gain everything as well as identify the true moments in which what you do or say will move on toward eternity.

 

I do it every day.

feels perfect to be imperfect

 

I weigh my choices, decisions and words. And by “weigh” I gladly accept the burden of this particular way of Life and responsibility.

 

Does this mean I get it right? Shit no.

 

But … I do believe that this attitude has made me better at choices & decisions over time. While practice , in this case, certainly does not make perfect … it makes ‘less imperfect.’

 

And maybe that is the goal for all of us … not perfection … but less imperfection.

 

 

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