It was exactly 2:32 when the good wife made the inquiry. I was unaware of any activities that would have required an answer to the exact minute or greater precision, to the exact second for example.
There were no biscuits to take out of the oven, nor were there any buses to catch. Therefore, my response was a rounded off number.
“It’s going on 3 o’clock”, I replied.
Her lack of confidence and the realization that a more accurate response was sought became apparent when she proceeded with her own time check.
“It’s just 2:30”, she said, “If you just wanted to round the number, you could have said 2 o’clock.” Well, no I couldn’t have said 2 o’clock because that had already passed, and we were never going to see 2 o’clock again on this date.
“It’s just 2:30”, she said, “If you just wanted to round the number, you could have said 2 o’clock.” Well, no I couldn’t have said 2 o’clock because that had already passed, and we were never going to see 2 o’clock again on this date.
My answer of 3 o’clock was logical and realistic as we still had the opportunity to experience that specific time. If she had wanted greater accuracy, she should have requested greater accuracy. My response was clearly in the middle range of all possible responses.
I could have said that that it was mid-afternoon on a mid-weekday in mid-August 2019. Like I stated earlier, no biscuits to extract, no buses to catch, and the precision of the response was not defined.
I don’t think the good wife had any desire to return to 2 o’clock on that particular day, but often we look at the current time, the current moment in our lives and then begin to reminisce.
I don’t think the good wife had any desire to return to 2 o’clock on that particular day, but often we look at the current time, the current moment in our lives and then begin to reminisce.
Often that reminiscing brings on the desire to recreate events from the past in hopes of resurrecting particular results.
Those results may be an emotion, an environment, business success, or a wide variety of other outcomes. While lessons learned from those past experiences can be helpful and employed, those past experiences are exactly that.
Life is dynamic, always in motion. Nothing is static or at rest. We are either moving forward or moving backwards. When we look back at the past events, we must consider that during the time interval that lies between, everything else continued to be motion.
Life is dynamic, always in motion. Nothing is static or at rest. We are either moving forward or moving backwards. When we look back at the past events, we must consider that during the time interval that lies between, everything else continued to be motion.
While we may be able to recall everything that had been done previously, everything else has changed.
Some factors have disappeared, and new factors have been introduced. I am not referring to routine things in our lives like getting dressed or brushing our teeth, although over an extended period of time these also change.
I am referring to the major things, like love, relationships, business, raising children, and the list goes on. I am referring to things in our lives, in our families, in our churches, in our communities and in our nation.
Duplicating actions, processes and methods in no way guaranties identical results. You and I could go into business building wood-fired residential cooking stoves. I doubt that we would be very successful in this day of convenience. Wood-fired cooking stoves are very inconvenient from the task of obtaining fuel, to the added heat in the kitchen.
Duplicating actions, processes and methods in no way guaranties identical results. You and I could go into business building wood-fired residential cooking stoves. I doubt that we would be very successful in this day of convenience. Wood-fired cooking stoves are very inconvenient from the task of obtaining fuel, to the added heat in the kitchen.
This might work well as a specialty item for certain historical applications but would fail to be a mainstream consumer item which could be scaled in production.
Not only must we consider the current environment but also the pitfalls of the past that may have terminated the previous plans.
A current example with positive results would be the “Bring Back the Bloom” program in the Historic Downtown District. The people involved have a good plan which includes actions that will provide sustainability.
Most people have a romantic view of the flower boxes in the past either unaware or forgetting the complexities previously encountered. Those resurrecting the flower boxes in “Bring Back the Bloom” have a good plan that assessed the current environment and fully examined the past thus insuring the future.
The plan is new and fresh bringing in additional assistance from Adult & Teen Challenge, sponsorships and involving the community at large.
There are many changes that are taking place in our community and in our lives right now. Some are large and when resolved will be replaced with something else in flux. Changes are here to stay. How we deal with them will in itself determine what changes we will encounter next.
Well, it’s time to make the doughnuts, take out the trash, and catch the next train to Clarksville.
There are many changes that are taking place in our community and in our lives right now. Some are large and when resolved will be replaced with something else in flux. Changes are here to stay. How we deal with them will in itself determine what changes we will encounter next.
Well, it’s time to make the doughnuts, take out the trash, and catch the next train to Clarksville.
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