Time on our hands

People think its strange that I devote so much time to writing my blog. How do I find the time ?They haven't even got time to read it ?
It's funny the way time goes, how we use it, how we waste it, how we lose it on spending time following the well worn track of predictable repetition. Time is what we never have enough of when we tie ourselves to the functions which others expect of us which includes the effort we put into pleasing everyone else.
The format we fit ourselves up with is contrived by our peers. The tidy lawn and the neat hedge, the swanky car, the holiday abroad these are the things we devote so much of our precious time to accumulate, often to pay lip service to those around us.
The expense of living to someone else's timetable is a shame when we have it in our grasp to construct our own timetable, to schedule our own lifestyle, to feel the freedom of being in charge. 


So when people ask me how do I spare the time to write and respond to what is going around me, I have to say that I am blessed to spend the time in a way that leaves a trail of reflective thought and consideration. Of being able to prove I am alive, at least above the shoulders, of have been given the opportunity to ask the question, why ?
If friend or foe can be bothered to pick over the scraps then it's been worth it, if ever they can find a moment, then I am doubly blessed,since it's enough simply to do the telling !!
I don't think I inflate the importance to suggest that as a painter touches a canvas with paint to produce an image so a writer no mater how skilled puts down words and sentences to also create an image. Given the vast amount of stimulation the brain receives throughout the day certain things stick in the mind. If they seem worth telling, they usually form part of, face to face communication with a friend or colleague but it's a condition that not everyone has.  A situation which many older people face, not having someone to talk to.
The internet with all its faults opens up innumerable opportunities to speak, to friends and even strangers as we seek to break the silence. There are many things going on that can frustrate a person, not in so far as they can have any direct effect but in using one of the facets which sets us apart in the animal kingdom, we add "our" thoughts to the collective thought on matters that interest us in an effort to share and develop this powerful collective view. Like Darwinism the evolution of an idea or a set of convictions has its route in discussion.
Oh, by the way, this blog started when my alarm went off at 4.00am, its now 5.30am, I would hazard a guess that not many of you are "busy" doing those things you feel, keep you away from writing or even reading.
Why not add an hour to your day, set the alarm a little earlier and you too will leave a trail of thought to show, not only are you alive and functioning (the fall back condition) but that you care about being alive by attesting what that condition really means.