Momentum, Acceleration & Time: Clutch this!

When a person travels a certain distance in one psychological direction . . . if s/he wants to switch directions, she must be patient with: herself, others, and the world throughout this time of transition.

"Time takes Time." An Edging Life, concept from San Diego Therapy.

It is in this "waiting space" of time that the most difficulty and discomfort may be experienced. If driving on a highway headed east at 60 miles per hour and a person wanted to head west at the same speed, s/he would:

1. First have to put on the breaks and slow down
2. Wait for the car to stop (t=0).
3. Put the car in reverse . . .  or physically turn it around.

4. She would then have to wait for the car's Acceleration to resume to 60 mph which takes time for the engine to switch gears and rebuild to a speed (t=0-60).

In car terms, this process takes a matter of seconds or minutes.  Even then, people can get easily frustrated. In psychological time, the internal transition of life adjustment takes much longer.  My grandfather, "Poppy" (On a tangent . . .he was a A WWII B-17 pilot and poppies are the veteran memorial flower) used to say, "It takes 2x as long to pull yourself out of a direction as it took you to get in it."

Reversal time and/or new direction time is probably different for everyone . . . and it is dependent upon the life content, but regardless, to repeat . . .

"Time takes Time."

Being patient, (not even loving with thy self, though that would be ideal), self accepting and having  the ability to monitor "deleterious self and world actions" in the "Time takes Time space" is what separates those who have "success" in changing life directions from those who do not. 

It is important in this time space to be internally honest with self in terms of feelings. It can also be helpful to externalize the self in whatever legally acceptable ways one needs to experience"change" in order to switch life directions and not get stuck in the time space.

It is in the (t=0) space plus or minus a little (t) in both directions, that most people turn to drugs, alcohol and other ways of "acting in" or "acting out" as they often feel they are stuck.  Time doesn't change speeds or stop in the "time takes time" space, but people's internal relationship to time can change and the seconds can often feel drawn out into hours and the days into months.

The "beauty of time" is that it passes....as fast or slow as it does on any given perceived day. And the "ugly of time" can be that it passes.  . . but when in the "ugly of time," it's passing is a beautiful thing and the beauty of time is that it passes but when life is truly beautiful, we want to capture it and for it to remain still.  Cherish these moments  . . .because as the 12 step saying goes, "these too shall pass."

So . . .Time takes Time "to heal or change" . . .even if you are Niki Lauda.  It's a simple mathematical "Formula."  Remember, that even the most micro-made adjustments like Lauda's magnesium battery adjustment can have the most profound results in outcome.