Saving Files, Saving Lessons
I'm sitting here at my computer, waiting for an inordinately large photoshop file to finish saving. I'm watching the status bar slowly creep toward the right, hoping the process will go more quickly. I tap on the desk and wonder how long it will take. The file is huge, the data intense, and my computer is taking it's time to store everything away.
We all realize the notion, "The bigger the file, the longer it takes to save." But I wonder how that applies to life. Sometimes we go so quickly and move so fast that we neglect to "save" things that happen. Do we forget to store great memories because we go to fast and don't allow everything to process?
What about valuable lessons in life? Do we read the story or hear the lesson, forgetting to acknowledge how the story applies to our life? Is yesterday but a blur because you never slowed down to store the memories?
Perhaps I should stop griping that my computer takes too long, but realize that I go too fast. Maybe the frailty and limited nature of technology should only reinforce my need to slow down and process the things of life.
Comments
ryan Said: (April 24, 2007 05:33 PM)
This reminds me of a short story I once read. An author always complained that he spent all of his time waiting on taxis and elevators and as a result never had time to write. He's granted his wish and never again has to wait for anything, except his own ideas. For it turned out that it was the time spent waiting that fueled his creativity. Anyhow, I always enjoyed the irony of that story, and your post made me think of it again.