So. today is the 12th day of March.  When did that happen?  The month just started! And now its almost 1/2 over!  Sheila asked me the other day about the speed of time.  My standard answer from years of experience is that the days seem to go by at a normal rate, if not a little slower, but the weeks and months have picked up speed and seem to go by so much faster then they used to.  That isn't really a logical answer, and also not really true.  But that is the way that it 'feels' to me.  It puts a different kind of pressure on me, and I have developed a sense of urgency that I am not quite comfortable with yet.  I get along okay with pressure, but sometimes it can feel a bit unpleasant.  I relate it in my head to my school days when I had homework or preparation for a test hanging over me.  That still happens to me or at least that feeling still happens.  And as ominous as it felt in my 'student' years it feels so much more-so now in my 'serious student of life' years.  I'm not sure that I learned the skill as well as I could have.  Hence, my need to work on it more now.  'Routine' helps.  Developing personal habits that become a part of each day's agenda, especially good habits like study, pray, work and push ups, make my days much more effective and complete.  That 'constant labor' that is required (from the hymn 'Truth reflects upon our Senses') is so true.  And 'constant' can be such a burden.  It becomes exhausting!  But you can get used to it, and your 'ability to do' can increase. So if you can put it all together it works fine.  I am still trying to do it well.  It is an interesting and quite satisfying experience, but that 'constant' part takes some getting used to.  There is so much more that I need to learn.  The further I move forward the 'behinder' I get.  That word 'overwhelming' pops into my head again.  But I accept that as being the way that it is.  For what I have chosen 'it' comes with the territory, and I deal with in one push up at a time.