I was thinking about time the other day, and I though about how it goes around and around like the cycles of nature. Only for me time goes so fast. I asked my neighbor about it, and she too said that time goes fast. "I am so busy. I have schedules and deadlines and so many things to get done. So I go faster, and time goes faster and faster. I feel like the rushing, raging river, shooting by, not noticing the flowers growing on the river bank. I wish there were more hours in the day."

But maybe instead of more hours, what we need are longer slower hours. It seems to me that we should slow time down, not speed it up. Then there would be more space to be. Slow down like the calm reflective pool.

Nature time is slow. Human time is fast Nature time. Human time So you see, humans and nature don't always connect because humans go much to fast. If we could slow down, calm our spirits, and explore all of our sensations, then humans and nature can come together.

There was a river. It rushed with others to the sea
Had no time to hear the morning Or see the sunrise try to find him
Feel its warmth flow deep inside him

And time's a sailor. It travels quickly out to sea
Oh, river try and catch it But not with tradewinds always blowing
Left him rushing, left him flowing

And why, do I need sun? Why all around me?
And why, do I need love? Look, has it found me?
Just keep on searching in the lives of those around us
In the mountains that surround us

Oh river listen. Sit calm and peaceful on your way
In your reflection see the sparkle
of a flower as it's growing, of an eagle softly soaring

And I, I need sun. Shine all around me
And I, I need love. Look, has it found me
Just keep on searching, there's a world of life around us
Scenes and dreams that can astound us
Now

Just hear the morning. Feel the sunshine as it finds you
Feel its warmth flow deep inside you
Now