Everyone interprets time depending on circumstances surrounding him
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- In an exciting session for example while watching your favourite sport the duration will seem shorter to you compared to when you are in a boring session listening to unfriendly speaker.
- Two persons who go to rest at the same time and one of them happens to sleep almost immediately after he lies on bed while the other fail to do so. The one who manages to sleep wakes up relaxed and to him he is contented with the duration spent asleep while the other feel that the period has been long as he has processed multiple thoughts and he feels exhausted.
The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains ……….Marcel Proust, In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower.
Those who have travelled to far flanks of the world or at least geographically different regions will bear me witness that the direction of sunrise and sunset will appear different depending with the location, the timings too are different. If you use your home area direction to judge every other location you visit you will definitely err if the other locations have different settings. Though the location for the sun is fixed locality will bring the difference in the direction that you will see it rise and set.
It is not unheard of that in a certain region the resident will argue that when the rain starts from a given direction it is expected to last for some time whereas when it is cloudy in another direction of the same region they will not expect rain and will continue with their normal businesses. When you test their theories for some time through observation they happen to be correct.
During the time of examinations the candidates especially who are not well prepared for it sees as if the duration is shorter than stated as they make various interpretations for each question trying to guess which approach is correct in the process they consume a lot of time in answering questions.
In times of merry for example during the festivities there are many events which people are engaged in keeping them ever busy at the end of the season many will tend to argue that it seems short yet everyday has been constant 24 hours and every hour 60 minutes and every minute 60 seconds.
In times of pain like illness the view is different as every minute seems to take long. Those in prison or under any kind of threat will seem to argue the same concerning movement of time which seems to move at a slow pace.
In an exciting session for example while watching your favourite sport the duration will seem shorter to you compared to when you are in a boring session listening to unfriendly speaker.
Two persons who go to rest at the same time and one of them happens to sleep almost immediately after he lies on bed while the other fail to do so. The one who manages to sleep wakes up relaxed and to him he is contented with the duration spent asleep while the other feel that the period has been long as he has processed multiple thoughts and he feels exhausted.
The ruler enjoys giving commands on what to be done. When execution is going on he feels delighted he could even be inspecting or asking about proceedings while the servant feels oppressed as he goes ahead with the duties allocated to him. To the master the time flies fast while the servant feels as if the clock has stopped ticking.
Whenever you are in charge of others it is good to weigh the situation instead of issuing of orders constant of what you expect to be done aware that your fun could be their cry.
Life is enjoyable when the environment is conducive. Let us do all that is possible to provide such a climate and none of us will feel overburdened by tasks at disposal. We shall enjoy every season to the maximum.
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