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Whizzing along

Do you notice how many people say that time is whizzing along faster than ever?  "Where has this year gone?" they say. Now I remember my parents talking like that, but we as children found that time was very slow especially in term time, but even the six weeks of the summer holiday had a leisurely feel to them as if they would never end.  But today even the children think that time is passing quickly today.  I think it may have something to do with technology. We spend so much time on computers and phones that we don't have that time in the evening when we used to sit back and relax. At this moment I am gulping at a cup of tea and staying on the PC when I should be sitting in an armchair, sipping slowly and mulling over the happenings of the day. I should be savouring life and giving my brain the chance to unravel the tangled yarn in my head.  I guess if I did that I would sleep better. I'm going to be sensible tonight and not see the ten o'clock news.  I'm going to just sit and think.

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