Was machts du
Do you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’
Into the future
As I was writing this, I got a notice from my wife at her school and another parent was kidnapped by ICE.
I think of the here and now as it slips into the past and the future without this madness.
I want to fly like an eagle
‘Til I’m free
Right through the revolution
What is the greatest gift someone could give you?
Immediate Reaction
The most valuable thing people can give you is their time. Of course this is true, but for this purpose, and because we are a consumer driven society, I’ll concentrate on actual gift giving.
Which Makes this Answer
The answer is complex and it doesn’t matter all that much. I rarely buy things for myself and sometimes feel guilty for doing so. (Excluding Vinyl Records) So I was excited to receive a Cure album for Christmas.
I Don’t like to Shop
So getting something practical like a sweater or a cool shirt, it is nice to have someone shop for you. In a sense they are giving you their time.
Gift Giving
I must apologize as I am fumbling around this question. Gifting is a time honored tradition. In many situations it is expected to bring a gift when visiting someone’s home.
But
I struggle with capitalism.
Gift giving during the holidays is part of the buy buy mentality that is the American lack of culture.
We just churn out gifts for the sake of gifts because that was what we were nurtured into doing.
Full Circle
So I have concluded the best gift somebody can give you is their time.
However the best gift I ever received was 15 years ago when this showed up under our tree. Cooper was an amazing dog.
What colleges have you attended?
My most common recurring dream is that I’m nine weeks into a term and I haven’t done any homework or attended any classes.
Another common dream is it’s my first day of school, but I can’t find my way around campus.
Dreamers
As an undergrad at Penn State, my minor was psychology. Sigmund Freud’s dream theory, outlined in The Interpretation of Dreams, proposes that dreams are disguised fulfillments of repressed, unconscious wishes, making them the royal road to understanding the unconscious mind
OK, Sigmund, sometimes the cigar is just a cigar.
I guess.
I put myself to school financially, but those were different times.
 I got a scholarship at William And Mary and I didn’t even ask for one.
Our daughter is the same psych major in Germany. They are paying her to get a PhD. That’s a different country that has their priorities in order.
we go to school, however, I hope most of us want to be lifelong learners as education never stops. Which leads me to the most important equation that I know. That is.
The more I know the more I know that I don’t know.
That’s refreshing
Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you?
Life is all about play.
Running for me is play.
Running as play” means approaching your runs with a mindset of fun, experimentation, and joy,
Being a grandparent is play.
We play belly bonk, go searching for bears, go swimming a simple game of candy land and that was all yesterday afternoon
Playtime is anytime you want it to be.
