I have been thinking of time quite a bit lately - perhaps because it may be the first time in 30 plus years that I am not confined by time - deadlines, meetings, events and at times even have time on my hands - yep we use the word time often. I am currently listening to CBC radio and the program Q and they are talking about time - in particular about the leap second - hmmm... just a bit weird that I sat down to ramble about time just at this moment... interesting...
As noted above - this is the first time in a very long time that I have limited commitments (or at least commitments that I get to choose) which I have to admit is liberating and a bit challenging - I am so used to being on that I don't know how to be off! I am slowing getting use to it and fear that I will have it down pat just in time to head back into the rat race ;)
I found this definition on www.thefreedictionary.com that I really like: "time is the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past" I think it is quite applicable to those of us in the protocol and event business and I love the phrase - "state of potentiality" to me that means anything is possible. I recently attended a retirement celebration for a dear colleague (held in East York - had to get this in here) and the potential of time was very evident in the joy expressed by Betty on the opportunity to spend more time with family and friends and the list of travel booked for the rest of this year - Congrats Betty!!
So it is back to opportunities and to what that means - right now - for me it is time and all that potential.
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