Different Worlds
And now for the second ideeah spawned from going back to work. This time the worlds are different - unlike in the previous entry.
Before going back to work I spent my days with my family. We would go through our days together and each would contribute to the ebb and flow of any particular day's events. The mood of the day would be influenced by all and, because we all shaped it on a minute by minute basis, we might not necessarily see how it had evolved. Just as one does not see trees grow in a forest without the distance of a few years, being too close to a changing event hides its evolution from our consciousness.
Now the dynamics have changed. Distance has permitted differences to emerge and be seen.
One quarter of the family is away for the day. As such distance is created - albeit only for ten or so hours. The result has required some adjustments. Three quarters live their day together unaware of the changing skeleton upon which the remaining quarter's day's emotions are hitched. Likewise, the quarter is unaware of the shape the day of the three other quarters is taking.
At dinner time the two days unite and need to melt into a common pool. The different events, feelings, thoughts and emotions unite.
This is the first time that I have looked at the impact on families and society caused by the separation due to school, work and other commitments in such a fashion - as separately evolving worlds. Children have their days at school. Parents have their days at work or elsewhere. Families unite for dinner and for vacations. Extended families gather two or three times a year. Meanwhile we each live our lives, in our own worlds....waiting for them to unite as they surely will at a later point in time.
A lesson in the assimilation of different worlds.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
Before going back to work I spent my days with my family. We would go through our days together and each would contribute to the ebb and flow of any particular day's events. The mood of the day would be influenced by all and, because we all shaped it on a minute by minute basis, we might not necessarily see how it had evolved. Just as one does not see trees grow in a forest without the distance of a few years, being too close to a changing event hides its evolution from our consciousness.
Now the dynamics have changed. Distance has permitted differences to emerge and be seen.
One quarter of the family is away for the day. As such distance is created - albeit only for ten or so hours. The result has required some adjustments. Three quarters live their day together unaware of the changing skeleton upon which the remaining quarter's day's emotions are hitched. Likewise, the quarter is unaware of the shape the day of the three other quarters is taking.
At dinner time the two days unite and need to melt into a common pool. The different events, feelings, thoughts and emotions unite.
This is the first time that I have looked at the impact on families and society caused by the separation due to school, work and other commitments in such a fashion - as separately evolving worlds. Children have their days at school. Parents have their days at work or elsewhere. Families unite for dinner and for vacations. Extended families gather two or three times a year. Meanwhile we each live our lives, in our own worlds....waiting for them to unite as they surely will at a later point in time.
A lesson in the assimilation of different worlds.
Let me know what you think about what you have just read. Please and thanks!
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