Time

Time

Just in time, times up, plenty of time, in the nick of time, and the worst of them all,  you have run out of time.  What is time really?  Ticks on a clock?  A morning alarm, roaming charges, airport flight boards, all of these I guess could be considered time.  Today I took my watch off for the second time in a very very long time...  I’m a bit off balance because I only know that the day is ending by the fading sun.  An average man has about 685,000 hours of time.  Yes ladies, us men know you have a bunch more.  That seems like  so long.  Can you imagine if someone told you that you were going to stay  in Mr. Maine’s detention hall for 685,000 hours? Remember how long an hour seemed? The truth is that time is slippery and fast like an otter on ice.  It flies, it dissolves, it simply falls out of your basket.  That’s not a bad thing and certainly not one that anyone can change.  Remember when the summer pasted so slowly that it seemed like it was one complete lifetime?  Now....you turn off the TV, wake up and you missed Fall.   I believe that grey hair, cranky knees, and clothes that have mysteriously shrunk in the closet are simply a wake up call.  The message is to stop screwing around and do something with your time.  Notice you time and your life.  I can’t tell you how many times someone has asked me, “what did you do last week?”  My answer, “ahhh, nothing,.....worked I guess.”   Let’s face it...time is the most valuable thing we have.  More than gold or diamonds or even the front row Stones ticket.  Crazy thing is ...it’s valued the least.  We can’t “buy more time” or “have plenty of it”  It just doesn’t work that way.

So, I would like to suggest that we all stop for one second.  Don’t ask me how many of those we have.... and just think about taking more in.  The laughter of your friends....your children....morning whoppi.... the first bit of creme brulee....evening whoppi.... you get the idea.  The watch is an evil thing on the wrong wrist.  I challenge you to make your week extraordinary and when asked that awful question....”what did you do this week?” ....have a better answer.   It’s time....