This week a
friend of mine who I haven’t seen in several years appeared in my Spin Class.
He had moved away and not taken my class for nearly eight years. He moved back
to town and reappeared like it was yesterday. Suddenly in what seemed like a blink
of the eye we reunited after eight years. Where did the time go? Had we changed?
Well, yes we both looked a bit older and we both were a bit wiser.
The blink of
an eye is an idiom. An idiom is a word
or phrase that is not taken literally. So although in reality it had been eight
years since I had seen my friend figuratively it still seemed like the blink of
an eye.
Life is like
an idiom. If taken literally it means existence.
The literal meaning of death is the end of existence. It’s plain and simple, or
is it? Is life simply existence that flashes
by and ends with death? Or is it like an idiom; not to be taken literally? It means
something so much more than it’s literal definition.
The blink of
an eye lasts only a tenth of a second. That is all that is needed to clear away dust particles
and spread lubricating fluid across the eyeball. Every time you blink your
eyelids send a cascade of oils and mucous across the surface of your eye to
keep your orbs from drying out. Blinking also keeps the eyes safe from debris
and damaging bright lights.
Why don’t we
notice the momentary darkness that is caused by the blinking of our eyes?
Scientist tells us that the human brain has an uncanny ability for ignoring
momentary blackness. Blinking suppresses activity in several area of the brain responsible
for detecting environment changes so we experience the world as continuous. No
beginning and no end. So life really is an idiom. It is true the last eight
years just flew by. Don’t squander time. Every moment counts because before you
know it; it will all be over in blink of an eye.
Doctor Lynn
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