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Tempus Fugit
Time keeps on slippin', slippin' into the future
November 21, 2024
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Hello there Digital Neighbors!  Happy Thursday ADD Irregulars, WSN Niche’ Contributors & all Curmudgeons.    Tempus fugit – time flies.   I had the best of intentions during November to return to some morning musings.  The ass-dragging was attacking me routinely during this Autumn. I still get up early, take my time for morning prayers and look at the morning news from various podcasts and X.   I spend too much time listening in the morning rather than writing.  I used to do both, listen while I typed, but now I just sit in the recliner and pet the cat or read some thread on X or the comments on YouTube. Go figure.

No promises, but I hope to get back into the swing of more routinely posting come Advent.  However, to be honest only time will tell. I still have plenty of desire to bloviate, ruminate and caterwaul about a variety of topics, but the actual sitting down and doing it has been absent. I am tempted to say the pace of things at the new assignment is making me use my energy differently, but that feels like a cop out to me.  My gut tells me I need to be more disciplined and need to decide what I am going to do and what I am not going to do and be at peace with it.   It is a minor problem to have, I am so blessed in my daily life and ministry.

               

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Today marks the three hundred and thirtieth birthday of the Frenchman François-Marie Arouet, better known by his nom de plume, Voltaire (1694-1778).

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Good morning, Digital Neighbors! Happy Sabbath and Saturday to all you fine souls milling about on Locals and Substack. A morning meditation from Anthony de Mello. Not all of his writings are my cup of tea, but Wellsprings is a book I have returned to often for reflection and meditation. I take all these morning musings as something like a 12-Step program session: take what you like and leave the rest. Some have put me on block or mute at various sites, which I am thankful for as a modern feature. They can enjoy the community without my content interfering or distracting. I have done the same to a few myself. It is one of the best features of more recent social media. I wish they would have had that back in the days of AOL chat rooms. The first rule of the internet: jerks are emboldened by a screen between them and reactive reality. Anywho, off to the morning reflection. It is a tad longer than most morning posts. Have a great Saturday, Digital Neighbors!

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