It's strange to me that this year is 2011. Ten years ago it was 2001. I remember when I couldn't believe it was 2001. Remember the space odyssey?
Every year I seem to experience what I call temporal disbelief: the inability to accept that a particular year has at last arrived. It's not the kind of condition that occurs every minute of every day, but once in a while I'll stare at the calendar in disbelief and feel unable to understand how I got to this point in time.
How about that shooting in Arizona? How about those riots in Egypt? What a crazy month January 2011 has already been. I can't even imagine what being in those types of situations would be like, but I hope for resolution and peace for all parties, especially the victims.
If we were all reasonable people in all kinds of circumstances, how would being reasonable affect our daily behavior? Is it possible for people to always be reasonable? I suspect not, but it can't hurt to try. Of course, perhaps we all have different definitions of reasonable.
I like raisins with my reason.
2 comments:
I have a tendency to think of the late 1990s and find it hard to believe that it was more than a decade ago. That my friends are turning 30, getting married, having kids...all that jazz. I still think of things that happened in 2008 or 2009 and think, "Oh, that was only a few months ago..." Strange how time marches relentlessly forward, isn't it?
I agree, Ange. Sometimes I still think like my 10-year-old self and can't imagine myself really being grown up. Back then, I never thought I'd be 20. Now I can quickly see myself being 30, 40, 50, etc., but I'd rather not.
At least we can still be kids at heart.
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