View in verse on perspective

Views in Verse - on perspective.

Work / home life balance is about the most important thing in life. Not many of we men do it as well as we really would like... it takes us quite a few years to realize it though!

These Days

Bright lights may tempt your fate
the road brings sights unseen
Each new day sharpens the senses
success brings valleys green

Opportunity comes far a-field
travel's my constant friend
Yet solace dumbs sincerity
The truth is there to bend

How many times can you bury your head
at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place
and anything that will pay?

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
But with every turn of the road
and every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

My life has been a whirlpool
Where I've mixed both right and wrong
As the road has been my driver
I've learnt to play along

Given all of this
my family has waited
at the end of an endless queue
Where priority fools intention
and good men found are few

So how many times can you bury your head
at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place
and anything that will pay

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
but with every turn of the road
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

Earlier today
I came upon some people
Up on a rugged mountain bend
Huddled around a biker
who came to a sticky end

Got me to thinking
Of life and death
And all that comes between
Makes you wonder
what it's all about
...what life really means?

As I drove away
I swore that
this month will be my last
Chasing orders
on outback roads
My tour of duty past
My tour of duty past

These days a lotta time goes by
Where you just don't say
what you feel
but with every turn of the road
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real
I'm going back to what is real

forwarded from my Iphone - Grahame J Flynn Views in Verse

Welcome to the Ratrace - are we too busy keeping up to even enjoy life?

Dr Steve Taylor

Views in verse on perspective.

 
There was a time when we worked and then stopped to enjoy our lives.
Perhaps technology has left many of us with a view that we must be busy
all the time now (handheld devices etc).

I see the productivity indicators these days that are based on standard
working hours and I can only seriously wonder how accurate they can be.
These days I start work when my bum hits the bus seat going in and
I don't stop till I leave the evening bus. I try not to work at home though.
Seriously your personal relationships are far too important
to be given 'short shrift' except where circumstances demand.

In my (peak hour) afternoon walks through the heart of my city (Sydney) I
am constantly walking into or indeed trapped behind people walking blindly
with their 'heads in their hands'.  A guy I was approaching a set of lights with,
some two weeks back, heard the crossing alert and then without looking up
strode directly into the intersection to be confronted by three lanes of traffic
moving off from the other side. Luckily, they had all been waiting there
on the light change.

In contrast a guy that I work with a few weeks back said to me that he
had awoken to a hundred emails and just couldn't face them that day
so "just deleted them all". He was claiming back some time that day to be
lived 'on his terms'. "It's all rubbish, anyhow" he added. "I talk to people!"

A recent paper by an academic Steve Taylor encourages us to claim back
some of our lives from the daily rush we are embarking upon. His view is that
productivity is not any better for simply 'getting things done'. There must be time
for enjoyment, listening, enlightenment and learning in order for us to improve
upon what it is that we do anyhow. Dr Taylor would have agreed with my workmate.  

I am sure too that sometimes you should need to claim some time
back for yourself. Happiness cannot be drawn from situations where nothing
is ever happening on your terms. 


          "What we end up doing is spending all of our time rushing to the future,

                                               instead of living in the moment".

                                                                   - Dr Steve Taylor Leeds University

  

These Days

Bright lights may tempt your fate

the road brings sights unseen 

Each new day sharpens the senses 

success brings valleys green

Opportunity comes far a-field

travel's my constant friend
Yet solace dumbs sincerity
The truth is there to bend

How many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day

Having given your time to people and place 

and anything that will pay?

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

But with every turn of the road 

and  every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

My life has been a whirlpool

Where I've mixed both right and wrong 

As the road has been my driver

I've learnt to play along

Given all of this

my family has waited

at the end of an endless queue

Where priority fools intention 

and good men found are few

So how many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place 
and anything that will pay

These days a lotta time goes by 
Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 

And every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

Earlier today 

I came upon some people

Up on a rugged mountain bend

Huddled around a biker 

who came to a sticky end

Got me to thinking 

Of  life and death

And all that comes between

Makes you wonder 

what it's all about

...what life really means?

As I drove away 

I swore right then 

this month will be my last

Chasing orders 

on outback roads

My tour of duty past

My tour of duty past

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

I'm going back to what is real

from my desktop - grahame j flynn

We go to work each day and hack away ...away ...away (but from what?)

Views in Verse - on perspective.


Work / home life balance is about the most important thing in life. Not many of us men do it as well as we really would like... it takes us a few years to realize it though

 

These Days

Bright lights may tempt your fate

the road brings sights unseen 

Each new day sharpens the senses 

success brings valleys green

Opportunity comes far a-field

travel's my constant friend
Yet solace dumbs sincerity
The truth is there to bend

How many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day

Having given your time to people and place 

and anything that will pay?

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

But with every turn of the road 

and  every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

My life has been a whirlpool

Where I've mixed both right and wrong 

As the road has been my driver

I've learnt to play along

Given all of this

my family has waited

at the end of an endless queue

Where priority fools intention 

and good men found are few

So how many times can you bury your head

at the end of a working day
Having given your time to people and place 
and anything that will pay
These days a lotta time goes by 
Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 

And every tug at the wheel

I'm going back to what is real

Earlier today 

I came upon some people

Up on a rugged mountain bend

Huddled around a biker 

who came to a sticky end

Got me to thinking 

Of  life and death

And all that comes between

Makes you wonder 

what it's all about

...what life really means?

As I drove away 

I swore that 

this month will be my last

Chasing orders 

on outback roads

My tour of duty past

My tour of duty past

These days a lotta time goes by 

Where you just don't say 

what you feel 

but with every turn of the road 
And every tug at the wheel
I'm going back to what is real

I'm going back to what is real

forwarded from my Iphone - Grahame J Flynn