Maybe you've heard by now: New Year's Day 2006 is going to be delayed by a whole second to make up for changes in the Earth's rotation. The technicalities are explained in a Dec. 26 MSNBC article.
But I'm not interested in that.
Since I'm always dreaming of having more time, I've started thinking about what I might do with my extra second this year ...
• squeeze my daughter extra hard during a hug
• just one more scratch behind my dog's ear
• wave to a neighbor I've never met
• wink at the heavens
• go for 25:01 on the stair-stepper
• thank a co-worker for something before asking for something
Sure it's only a second. But isn't that all it really takes to be there for someone?
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