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Just my thoughts #0744

When building a wall with stones, the large stones are stacked, the small stones are filled in the gaps, and the spaces between the stones are filled with smaller stones and the final layer of sand. Although the elements that make up the wall vary in size, their roles are fixed, and each performs its part. None of them is useless. Management is the act of bringing together different characteristics and harmonizing them into one. There is no one worse than me; there is only me who ignores others. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”

Just my thoughts #0604

People often say that as one gets older, time passes more quickly , while in youth, time seems to move more slowly . The reason individuals feel that time goes by more slowly when they are young is likely due to a decline in memory . As children, people have limited experience, so everything feels new, and they tend to remember new things well. Having less experience translates to fewer memories. Because there are so many new memories, children perceive time as passing slowly. However, as people age, experience accumulates, and they typically become better at predicting situations, making it easier to cope, resulting in fewer surprises. Since these experiences are not exceptional, they tend to forget them, and when reflecting on the past, there’s little to recall, creating the sensation that time flies. Among the aspects of aging, what is scarier than the decline of the senses is the deterioration of expectations . If the flavor of food becomes predictable based on accumulated experie...

Just my thoughts #0456

The value of one piece of bread is greater when you have only two pieces than when you have ten. The same principle applies to how we use our time. Age serves as a significant measure of how we perceive the quality of time. As people approach death, they tend to place a higher value on time. In other words, the quality of time spent varies with age. While mistakes made in your twenties can be overlooked, tolerating the same mistakes in your fifties or sixties indicates a different quality, despite the same amount of time passing. Growing older means gaining a deeper understanding of responsibility and acceptance. - Joseph’s “just my thoughts”