10 to 5

In the sixties one could count on a 10 thing day with ease.
10 thing means doing ten different things in the day with no real pressure.
Today doing 5 things a day will be a stretch.

What does this mean?

Simply that life is going faster in terms of how we experience it.

Notice the truth of this.

Memory no longer holds pictures of events passed.
Yesterday feels far away.
The week flashes by.
It takes ever more effort to remember.

We don't have time.

Everything takes so much time.

Our circle of friends is smaller, we do not make the effort to keep in touch with those on the edge of our world.

We have less in common with each other unless we are directly in each others life.

We drop those things that do not fit in exactly with our needs.

There are so many inputs in our life today that unconsciouslessly we are eliminating those that are unnecessary or do not feed us with what we need to function.

And tomorrow?

Breakdown, divorce, health problems are all more likely as we find our modern experience ever more demanding.

Is this it?

No you can make choices which allow a softer more loving life however this is the starting point to be aware of what is going on.

Do not become a running, jumping automaton take back your humanity.

Live life with love.