Linear Time - Vertical Time

“After that landmark morning at the diagnostic clinic, I also recognized that we were living with another dimension of time. Something in our midst felt different; we lived with a heightened awareness of what the Greeks called kairos, or vertical time, entirely different from chronos time, which is linear and familiar. In that verticality, there was a sense of timelessness, sad and sweet. Whether it was the cardinal’s arrival at the birdfeeder, the palette of a twilight sky, or the tenderness in Hob’s eyes, the littlest moments shimmered with clarity. Life sometimes seemed unbearably precious and precarious.”

Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle. “Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows. A Couple’s Journey through Alzheimer’s.” Penguin, NY, 2008.

See also: http://mindfulnessforeveryone.blogspot.ca/2014/11/593-naturally.html