Why do these expressions now strike a disharmonious
chord within, especially after many times I have heard
myself use each to explain the expanse between doing
and inertia, between manifestation and germination,
between shining and polishing?
I had always accepted these phrases without a
reflective thought as substantive, full of meaning,
and a welcome word-path to ease my mind whenever my
thoughts were not synchronized with my actions...until
now.
Why?
The hidden implication of the words 'take' and
'takes'.
Anytime something is 'taken' from us, it is generally
a negative description of an action which occurred
against our will or desire.
Time is precious to us. We are told over and over we
only have so much time, and that we can waste what we
do have, yet, wasting time is far different than when
time is taken from us. Wasting time generally is a
series of events one does away from a prime directive
for one's purpose, yet, time taken from us implies we
lost something precious to something or someone
undeserving to some degree.
Who or what 'deserves' to 'take' a precious commodity
such as time from us?
Nothing nor no one.
Not even God.
God has an infinite supply of time, so no need to take
time from us.
Answer?
Let time be shared. Rather than subscribe to the
mindset which allows for time to be 'taken' from us,
let us put time in perspective as a tool which we
share.
For instance, when someone declares that this is the
'time of so and so', this is the 'time of this gizmo',
even the adulation that this is 'your time', let us
step back and recognize that identity and time are two
important consummate ideas we must use to relate to
one another, yet, time has a purpose which exists
beyond identity as well as identity must be free from
time if we are to know who we truly are and not just
be a composite of time-related variables and
factors...this is a nice tangent to be explored at
another time(LOL).
It takes time. Things take time.
I refuse to travel along this path any longer. Time is
not 'taken' from me, and things involving myself or
others in my perspective did not unfold in accordance
to what time took, rather, I share my ideas and
actions alongside the rest, and recognize that time is
not under my ownership, which can then be taken,
because time is shared, just as ideas are shared.
Next time I hear someone else say to me that 'it takes
time' and 'things take time', I am going to offer a
suggestion that perhaps thinking within the paradigm
that time 'takes' from us, let us begin to reconsider
our role on how time is used, and perhaps see anew
that we are more than just beings regulated by the
countdown of various clocks...that perhaps we are free
in a greater way than we now acknowledge, mainly
because we do not even know such freedom truly exists
and is ours to enjoy.
It is too easy to just declare that 'it takes time',
that 'things take time', than to do that which uses
time as we use any other idea, as a variable which is
factored into the overall design, not the ruler
determining all which is worthy or not of our
attention.
'It takes time'...only if I fail to use my ability to
focus on that which requires my attention and action
now.
'Things take time'...only if I fail to use my ability
to observe and acknowledge when I may share that which
can be shared now.
Time is not something which can be taken from us
whenever we use time properly. Time is nothing more
than an idea which we can use to measure a sequence of
events, and much of what we label as 'time' is another
idea entirely.
Just what those ideas are that we mistake as time is
fodder for another blog.
'It takes time' and 'things take time' are misapplied
labels, and cause confusion within because we are
using a term of the idea, time, improperly with the
faintest wish that we will be bestowed by time
something more in exchange for what is taken...problem
is that it does not happen that way, and one is left
deep within with a sense of loss, with a residue of
victimhood of some degree, and it is a thin line
between just taking and an outlook that such and such
is stolen from us.
Did reading this blog 'take' time, or merely an effort
to read? Why attribute an aspect such as 'taking' into
what is simply an action from which time can be distilled
as a descriptive later, yet, has no actual
bearing on comprehension during the action?
That is the crux here, unfolded whether one wants to
insist time was 'taken' or not.
