Like in KTJ, term-time life in Cambridge can be a bubble. We can get so engrossed in work (and if lucky, perhaps activities), and often find ourselves bumbling from one supervision or essay deadline to the next.
Hence this ingenious graffiti we find on the lamp-post in the centre of Parker's Piece, where the Cambridge bubble apparently ends:
Indeed, it is sometimes only when we get that far enough away from the town that we realise that there's more to life than just Tripos, academia, theories and equations.
(Unless, perhaps, you're from Girton or Homerton :p)
We remember that there's a world out there. Dogs, kids, skies, cities, villages, businesses, families. It's not just lecture and supervision, formal and slack. We remember that there's more to life than what consumes most of our day. If you've ever been down to London during term-time, I'm sure you'll relate somewhat to the refreshing 'reality check' I'm talking about.
I've found lately that an early morning run ending at this lamp-post has helped infuse some refreshing perspective into my busy schedule. Of course, it has been more than a vandalised pole that has inspired me. The fresh air, glowing skies and morning stillness are great invigorators. Also, the chance to chat aloud with Jesus, unheard by anyone else in the middle of the great expanse where the rules of modern football were once invented, has been very joy-filling.
Busyness can be fun and is great for producticity.
But equally, a 'reality checkpoint' every now and then inspires perspective :)
Have you had one today?
Hence this ingenious graffiti we find on the lamp-post in the centre of Parker's Piece, where the Cambridge bubble apparently ends:
Indeed, it is sometimes only when we get that far enough away from the town that we realise that there's more to life than just Tripos, academia, theories and equations.
(Unless, perhaps, you're from Girton or Homerton :p)
We remember that there's a world out there. Dogs, kids, skies, cities, villages, businesses, families. It's not just lecture and supervision, formal and slack. We remember that there's more to life than what consumes most of our day. If you've ever been down to London during term-time, I'm sure you'll relate somewhat to the refreshing 'reality check' I'm talking about.
I've found lately that an early morning run ending at this lamp-post has helped infuse some refreshing perspective into my busy schedule. Of course, it has been more than a vandalised pole that has inspired me. The fresh air, glowing skies and morning stillness are great invigorators. Also, the chance to chat aloud with Jesus, unheard by anyone else in the middle of the great expanse where the rules of modern football were once invented, has been very joy-filling.
Busyness can be fun and is great for producticity.
But equally, a 'reality checkpoint' every now and then inspires perspective :)
Have you had one today?
