Scripted

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Those were the days. But why was writing in cursive so dang on important? Words written in print are just as good...aren't they? Cursive writing gives an elegance to words but gives us such a hard time if we are not well developed.

Script vs. Print issues aside, we now find ourselves having this issue more often, and realizing that our script isn't good enough for others to view. Oh indeed it is good enough. Although, there is a reason why those who are not great with writing have been said to use "chicken scratch."

You know, with this whole blog them progression, I have realized that chickens are often the subject of many jokes...

::sigh:: and pa'lante pollo, pa'lante!

Paz.

¿Cómo?

If you lived your life without the use of language you would still be able to communicate. Amazing isn't it? Prior to our development of language, we were all a drooling, cooing, squirmy bunch of tiny persons in need of an overseer for our most basic needs.

Acquiring language and actually using it however, is a choice. We learn by emulating and by letting inspiration and motivation guide us. However, we fail when we are at a loss of words, we fumble when we said something we didn't mean, and we fall when we step away from human interaction.

Think about the last time something "spoke" to you. Was it a piece of art, a quote, a film, a familiar scent from your childhood, a brush of fabric against your skin, or the warmth of the sun when you tilted your head back to let it warm your soul?

How then do objects that have no language speak? And as blessed as we are to be endowed with language, why have we chosen to replace it with silence rather than use it as a means of sound?

Maybe the chickens can better explain...


Paz.

La Push

Time takes time. And time management is a feat that we all have won and lost throughout our lives. The key is to keep managing it. A wise scholar I had the privilege to learn with shared a traditional saying about time "Time is like a sword. Either you cut with it or it will cut you."

It is when you are least reliant on time that it brings you benefit. You can look past the clock and into projects. You are able to look beyond steps in a process or relationship and instead begin to enjoy each spark of discovery and newness. But, does managing time mean forgetting its existence?

Yesandno.

Balance is the key to any manageable anything. If you are able to remain vigilant and use your productivity when it is in its prime then you are gaining on time itself. And although we do not control time, we can make it work for us by managing it properly. Whether that means opting out of an outing, or tapping yourself on the shoulder to rise from your comfy bed; it is the motivation to act that moves us.

Time can be an enemy when we are attempting to slow the process of an inevitable doom, but to release it instead allows time to be your friend.

As time management is a process, a goal, and a challenge -- just know that it keeps ticking and moving along whether you're with it or not.

"Time is not a renewable resource."

Savage Chickens on time:
Paz.