Time - Whether It Flies or Crawls, Goes By

Time, given equally to each and every one of us, 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 4 weeks in a month and 52 weeks in year. Why is it then that only at the end of a life, do you realize how much time was wasted? This is not necessarily only at the end of your life, but often at the end of the lives of people close to your heart.

Is that what it takes for us to decide to live a full life? And what is a full life? These questions sting like hornets in the back of my mind, over and over and over again and each time I fail to come up with an answer. There are so many books out there covering the different legs on which a full life is built, but they all mean nothing if you don't know what your purpose in life is.

Here I am again today, with a loved one who's passed on, and I cannot help but think, it wasn't her time. Not in the sense of age, because in that case it surely is correct, but in the sense that she never got to live. She was such a lively person, but perhaps she was born in the wrong time or era. She deserved so much more than what she got. And I lay frustrated in bed at night thinking that there was nothing I could do to change that for her, only to realize that nobody can change the path you are on, but yourself.

Time is such a fragile concept, and being me, I love to listen to music. There is a song by Anna Nalick called "Breath", I quote: "Life is an hourglass, glued to the table". Every time I listen to this song, it is a clear reminder that nothing done, can be undone, if you fail to grab time by the horns and make the best of it it is done, you need to remember that the opportunities past, cannot be recalled and time gone by cannot be rewinded. What's past is past. Much wiser people than I have stated: "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery but today is a gift that's why it's called the present." All of which brings me back to wondering what time is. When you look at the meaning of the word time as per the Oxford Dictionary, it becomes clear: "The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole."

There are so many beautiful quotes on time, and my all-time favorite quote will probably always be the one by Stephanie Meyer in New Moon: "Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but pass it does. Even for me."

In conclusion, time only passes slowly when you need it to pass fast, and passes fast when you need it to pass slowly. So don't life a live full of wishes, as wishes is what causes you to miss time. To miss those beautiful moments in time that could have resulted in a full life.

Source: http://www.dynamichealthyliving.com/