Like water that flows GingerZ and Imaginari
The one thing about time is that once passed .... moments cannot be relived or redone ....
it can be revisited but cannot be rewritten.
You can wander along the paths of memory, feeling echoes of what once was the joy, the pain, the regret, but no matter how vivid the recall, the present remains untouched by it.
How do we change what we can't? Words spoken... utterances and unspoken words... linger. They float in the spaces between, etched in our memories—some bringing comfort, others feeling like stones weighing us down. That weight adds on, keeps longing for a moment passed ...
Time has essence.
But how do we discard the past when it clings so tightly to our very soul, woven into every part of who we've become? To let go is to unlearn the weight, but where do we place what once defined us?
Is that what defines us ?
Shapes us into the humans we have evolved into....
The coldness, the misfiring, the misgivings.... how do we make it better ... can we use this time to better that time, then?
The warmth, the security... It finds me...in my silences and my laughter...and with it my doubts...So I long to forget to remember...
Time has blessed me ... I see in the eyes of my offspring... their innocence warms my soul and roots me firmly in the present, their gift to me, the remembrance of self, before you...
We leave behind our footprints or legacy... in the hope that their time will be used with value. Filling each day with meaning...living with intention...valuing the simple things...the prayers at dawn while the world sleeps, being present in the moment, listening to that special voice note of their young voices saying words of love...validating and appreciating... seconds that turn into ..... the past.
And these memories will be revisited often as we move forward in love and gratitude.
Hit us a comment on how time has filtered through you ....
There is only flow ...
It's in the ending that we look back and realise ... how much time has been wasted
ReplyDeleteYes, here's to no more wasted time xoxo
DeleteThe rear view mirror in a car is the lesson from the past. The windshield is the future. Always remember the past, never let it control our future. Use the wisdom gained to empower and guide. Let not fears or past mistakes be the guide. Instead let it be the lesson. GingerZ your offspring needed you to go through what you are going through so they can ,with your guidance pave a better future to them.
ReplyDeleteForever forward in strength and kindness, thank you for sharing your thoughts
DeleteAt 1 time or another, so have I
ReplyDeleteIt's the age we enter
ReplyDeleteSo eloquently put!
ReplyDeleteTime, for me, has always been both a balm and a blade. It softened my edges
when I became a mother and sharpened my resolve as an educator, a wife, a
woman. I have learned that we do not escape our past. We carry it,
transform it, allow it to teach us grace. I cannot rewrite what has been,
but I can live now in a way that honours it. There is only flow, and I am
learning to move with it, not against it.
Love this, moving with it!
DeleteYou're amazing! Well written. ✨
ReplyDeleteThanks so much xo
Deleteso deep this time
ReplyDeleteKeeping it real 24/7 xx
Deletei feel like i'm rushing to swallow everything in the little time that is left
ReplyDeleteYour closing where you mention finding that warmth and grounding through your children, brings hope and healing. I deeply felt that.
ReplyDeleteThe way you explore holding on and letting go speaks to my soul. Beautiful piece
Appreciate you xx
DeleteTime goes by so quickly
ReplyDeleteBut at the same time it drags wen u in it
We keep moving forward xoxo
DeleteTime defined...Past, Present, Future...All these roads of time, of life are intertwined. Let's use our past as reflection, our future as building blocks/stepping stones, but most importantly our present as a gift, and hence our time well spent, not on worldly things will add value to our lives.
ReplyDeleteGratitude & appreciation makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow!
Sometimes those tomorrow's are unclear ... faith hope Belief
DeleteWith our friends beside us xx
DeleteFor sure, yes!
ReplyDeleteLike you when you left us no one was able to bring you back to us😂
ReplyDeleteAlways connected - hugs & kisses
DeleteI've also become less tolerant of BS.
ReplyDeleteMe too
Delete“There were ancient narratives too. It was a new discovery to find that these stories were, after all, about our own lives, were not distant, that there was no past or future, that all time is a now-time centred in the being. The “centred being” reaches out toward the outer circles called “past” and “future.” So the ‘now’ is a giving and a receiving between the inner and outer reaches, but the enormous difficulty is to achieve refinement in reciprocity, because the wheel, the spiral, is balanced so exquisitely.”
ReplyDeleteAnother (native Māori) view of time From Potiki (by Patricia Grace). Everything is now.
There is wisdom in the ancient xx
DeleteKia Ora for the Potiki passage. Ngā mihi aroha nui
DeleteTime is exactly like you. Once it's passed. You can't get it back.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for joining the conversation x
DeleteSometimes we were never meant to stay ... #lessons in life
DeleteI think everyone has a moment in time that we wish we could change, do things differently… time .., the one certainty in life , like death ! We are in the present because of the past . Looking at my children makes me appreciate all things good and bad , they make the pain and tears of the past worthwhile. Live in the moment is the best and safest I think !
ReplyDeleteGreat advice xoxo
DeleteTime flies past and cannot be regained, but I does leave its shadow behind.
ReplyDeleteWord get lost, people and what they did get forgotten. One day you are 27 and planning for someday. Then quietly, without you noticing, time has creeped past and that someday is today. And then suddenly that someday is yesterday long gone.
It may have been the best of times or for some the worst of times but it was time that was HAD.
Time supppsedly changes people but in reality people are exactly what and how they were then.
The weight of heavy stones will definitely pull you down. Maybe we should just cut the ropes attached to what's pulling us down and just let it sink to the bottom to be lost forever. "Freeing" us.
The footprints we leave behind might get covered or washed away, but in reality those footprints linger on.
Enjoy the moments , the memories, our darling little babies, cos it's gonna be all that we are gonna have eventually. Memorable moments. When the world has forgotten you, your memories will always be there.
Keep the pics, keep the voice notes, cos when time and everything else
Has flown past, these moments will be like valuable treasures in your hand.
Beautifully said x Thanks for these insights xoxo
DeleteTimes pass... friendship or our friendship has lasted ... # grateful
DeleteWe learn to appreciate the past for it teaches us many lessons, good and bad. We move forward and sometimes step back to revisit it, sometimes lingering longer than we should. After all it is our journey!
DeleteI'm grateful for the lessons time has taught me. I pray that I will not forget them and that I will pass them on to my princess. Sometimes I want time to go by quickly, that's usually during the school terms and at I want time to slow down during school holidays so that I can savor my holidays. But I personally feel I need to make the most of both and not value one more than the other.
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