Time
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."
Time's
a funny old thing isn't it?
Or
perhaps you don’t agree. You may see it as a straightforward thing, the hands on the
clock go round and round as they should, and the day ends and begins as it
should. You may find it no more fascinating than the pavements outside or the walls
in your living room.
Personally, I find time quite fascinating. What I find most interesting is how little there is, yet how long each day can seem, depending on where you are and what you’re doing. Time can go slowly, or it can go by too fast.
After the technological innovations of the 19th century, men of science predicted the day when we’d have too much time on our hands, when technology would take over and we’d all be rewarded with increased leisure time to do as we pleased.
"Time
changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by
change."
Thomas
Hardy
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| Time's a funny thing |
But
today the busier we are the more important we seem to those around us. We must
look like we’re busy, even when we’re not, technology can’t break the habit of
a lifetime, it can only help us make the day even fuller. A busy schedule and
the more in demand we are, and everyone is envious of our lack of time to stop
and talk – but is it real?
When
you’re not working you’re checking your phone, you’re answering the phone, and
you’re worried because nobody’s been in contact with you on your phone. You feel like you're working even on your days off.
What’s
even more fascinating is that even animals have their own way of keeping time,
different, but they understand timekeeping, they know when they need to do things and by what
time, they have their very own built in stopwatch.
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| Nature's time keepers |
"I
must govern the clock, not be governed by it."
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| Who's in charge - you or the clock? |
Golda
Meir
We
have our own special powers when it comes to time, it can go quickly, or it can
go painfully slow. It’s up to us how quick or how slow we want time to go. We
can make it go slowly when we’re bored or far too quick when we’re not occupied
in something that captures our imagination.
We
can make time stop with grief, bereavement and shock, and berate the world for
its continued spin. For when WE can stop time, why is it the rest of the world
can’t, after all, is your grief not important enough for it too to stop, on
your behalf?
"Time
moves in one direction, memory in another."
William
Gibson
Time
can be the same for everyone in a room, but slower and faster for each individual,
you can wish time away, or you can beg it to slow down. The only thing about time
is that it never stops, and it’ll carry on long after we’ve turned to dust.
"Time
flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind."
Nathaniel
Hawthorne
Time
is a funny thing, you think you’re in control of it, but really, you’re not in
control of anything at all.
