Spring forward

Tomorrow morning I will have to strictly remind myself to look forward to an extra hour of evening sunlight and not be grumpy about the loss of an hour's sleep, stolen away from me by the Summertime thief.  I am definitely driven by the Ancient Greek god of time, Chronos. His time is absolute and linear. He measures quantitative time and as described by Jay Griffiths on BBC Radio 4 this week, he definitely acts as a 'mini dictator' in my life, constantly controlling me from my wrist. Instead I should look to the Greek god of qualitative time, Kairos. Kairos is the good of timing, chance and opportunity. He lords it over 'living in the moment', taking time to be right now. I'm thinking about the 'pips' on the radio and how they 'spit out' from the ripe fruit of time which, in my case, has probably not been fully enjoyed as I race from one thing to another, clock watching. So my new season's resolution must surely be to try harder to 'live in the moment', smell the coffee, smell the roses and do all that other mindfulness stuff more often.