Time.... all so fun to stretch your mind about..
Again working with kids you realize the concept of time is sensed differently depending on where one is standing....A child can take a task such as tying ones shoes and stretch it out for much longer that that which is necessary. However are they really taking that long at all? They perceive time differently.. Remember when Summer use to last forever? Now it just zips away....Racing faster and faster each year.
Anyone who has ever been in any kind of accident can vow that time plays tricks.. I still remember an accident like it was yesterday that took place when I was about 17.. Flying through the air, through the trees.. It seemed to be an eternity so many things passed through my mind but the reality to any onlooker was that is was just a matter of seconds.. Time..it all depends where your standing..
Perceptions...the tick tock of the clock means almost nothing when you are waiting for a loved one to return from a deployment or the supposed last month of pregnancy, the time from when a newborn goes from shreiking in demand for food to the 9 y/o shrieking that they will forever hate mashed potatoes~ its all perspective that baby was just a minute ago a baby.
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