Rock Reflection Ritual - Time

 Rock Reflection Ritual 

Time just seems to be sailing by, but it hasn't always felt this way! I remember not so very long ago, after I had finally made the big decision to retire, how slowly the months, weeks and days passed!  

Bear's grey highlights tell me that time has passed way too quickly! 

He shows me with his arthritic gait that time has passed! It feels as though it has passed quickly, like the time since I  retired!

The Black Caps are ripening slowly this year,  because the time between rain storms has been lengthened! 

The light green buds are begging for water! They are on plants that live on the high side of the property!

This plant, half way down the slope is slowly maturing! Some water must still be trickling toward this area!

This lovely patch was downhill from the spring runoff! It seems to be prolific and maturing right on time! They were yummy, too!

Yesterday,  I attended the singing bowl experience, again! 

It was the last one in the series! I learned that the Chateau Theater was designed many years ago to provide excellent acoustics for Opera performances! 

Therefore, it is one of the best places in the Midwest for musical events! I could feel the respect and honor the singing bowl performer had for this space. I could also feel her sadness because her time to preform here was coming to an end! 

As a child, I looked up at these walls while waiting for a movie to begin!

Time stood still, as I studied the beautiful architecture again, yesterday! I was pulled back in time to enjoy fragments of memories; laughing, crying, eating popcorn and drinking soda from a straw, with my mom, my friends or my entire family! 

The performance, her last performance of the year, was filled with passion and emotion! 45 minutes of time moving quickly, yet also slowly! 

Why does time do that? How can it move so slowly in one moment, yet in another moment it moves by way too fast? 

Which is better, which experience is easier? Which scenario is best for you? Which calms your soul? Which causes your heart and soul to rejoice and celebrate! Which causes anxiety or fear?

Manifest a magical day! 

Debbie Soderberg Kirchner 

Copyright June 29 2023