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Can We Really Control Our Lives?

July 14, 2008 | General

As you can tell from my last proper blog, there have been a few situations and conversations recently that have really made me think about the massive influence that time has over our lives. With my children's summer holiday's only a week away, I was feeling nostalgic about how my school summer holidays seemed to last forever when I was a kid, and now - how quickly they arrive after Christmas!! Why does time go so much faster as you get into your 30's and 40's? I just can't believe it. And, does it go even quicker as you get into your 50's and 60's? I suppose the answer to that would depend on what you are doing with your life. Over the weekend, some friends that had emigrated to Australia two years ago, returned for a holiday - the first time that they have done so since they left. When their two boys arrived in our hallway, instantly it was like they had never been away. Yes they looked a little older but as they disappeared up to our son's bedroom, it seemed impossible that two years had passed by since we saw them last. How could it have gone by so quickly and why has so little appear to have changed/happened in that time?

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