Time
Ξ February 25th, 2008 | → 1 Comments | ∇ Fatherhood, Husbandhood, Pursuit, Thoughts |
It seems that in today’s culture of abundance, the one thing that we fall short of is time. We can apply ourselves to all sorts of tasks and interests and jobs. I’m 36 now, actually 36 1/2. I have not made a mark on the world amidst all my strivings, strivings for various seemingly important things. We, the collective culture “we”, are so busy with this and that, distractions, interests, paths, ladders, hobbies, extra curricular events, jobs, second jobs, parenting, spousing, eating, watching, that we really don’t get all that deep in any one thing. We are generally spread thin, running from here to there. Time is not spent in gaining full knowledge of anything or mastering a craft. Rather, our time is often spent learning enough to get by, grabbing a snippet here, learning a tidbit there, putting it together into something that really has no depth or meaning, especially in light of eternity. (more…)