Time, Part I

For those of you unfamiliar with Toastmasters, it is a great international organization dedicated to improving communication and leadership. I belong to a club that meets every week where we practice speaking and having well run meetings. We even time every aspect of the meeting to make sure we stay on task.

Today while I was celebrating in my mind our accomplishment of ending a little bit early, I coincidentally ran across a book called Time Shifting at the library. The book decries overemphasis on measuring time and suggests taping the word "Now" onto the faces of our watches. It does recognize that time measurement can serve an appropriate purpose in our Western, space age society, however, it must be balanced against being able to savor our experience and live in the moment . . . Later, I went for a walk in the mall and ran across a print of Dali's Exploding Clock. No doubt this story will continue. . .

Shaun