I dedicate this essay to my readers because these are your words from the previous beach walks about time. All I did was edit and attempt to give them a common voice. Thank you for sharing your insights!
Click the video above for several minutes of background waves while reading.
Time is relative. We decide its importance depending on our experiences at the moment. Time can feel long, but when we look back, we realize time is just a blip.
Some say time is the past, present, and future, but does the present exist? As soon as we acknowledge a moment, it’s already past. The present is a mere flash quickly vanishing into the past. It’s a bit odd to think of it that way – but once that’s in my head, I can only see it that way – so it’s difficult to see it any other way. Maybe this is why some say time is philosophical.
Others say time doesn’t exist because we made up time. On the other hand, we only made up methods of tracking time but not time itself. Calendars, watches, and clocks – but at least sundials track nature. Is time real?
Nature doesn’t have a clock as we know it, but birds seem to know when it’s time to migrate. Trees know when it’s time to lose their leaves. Fish know when to migrate and spawn. Even those crazy cicadas know when to emerge from the ground after 17 years of development.
Not knowing the time delivers a sense of freedom – not wearing a watch while on vacation – not wearing a watch during retirement – not wearing a watch when time doesn’t matter. Our pets sense when we return home or if we missed their mealtime – and they let us know without using a time device.
Dreams can take us to a different time and place – a time in the future – a time in the past – a time in an alternate reality – a fantasy as if the dream turned time inside and out.
Is time a trap? I sometimes feel that way – a feeling of being trapped in a bubble – a feeling of free fall – but I think time will eventually answer my question because we know time will tell.
Is my time actually time? If time is mine, why do I waste it? If I have time, why do I have minimal energy to use it? But, I’m grateful for the time I have on this earth and hope I use it wisely – but realize I don’t necessarily succeed.
Time meant nothing during lockdown; only the changing seasons and day/night mattered. Now that life is back to normal, we should use time, not save it. I often remind myself that I get the same 24 hours as Mother Theresa, Madame Curie, or George Washington – so how I use time is up to me.
Some say they wish the day was longer to have more time to do what must be done. Others say a longer day would put us further behind because we wouldn’t wisely use the extra time.
Ever notice how retailers warn us that time is running out? Or how some religious people revel in the idea that we’re nearing the end of times? Maybe that’s why I love bourbon because the makers insist I take my sweet time with their product.
Relating time to one’s life can be a sobering thought – especially considering knowing my life is much closer to the end than the beginning. So yes – cherish time and use it wisely – and yes, those are two things many people have trouble with.
I think about time a lot, maybe because the sands of my hourglass are getting thin. After all, time touches us all in different ways as we age. Time seems to gallop nowadays, but I remember when I was young and it stretched endlessly. Yet, time is consistent – the same then and now.
Time is a measurement of life and many things within life. I’m now retired, so I don’t have to be as aware of time as I did during my working life. The fact I’m also on the far side of life, I think about time more. I would like to think I haven’t wasted the time I was given in this life, but I know better. It’s difficult to remember that in the grand scheme of life, time is a gift.
Age has taught me that I cannot slow down or speed up time, but I can control how I use it. I want as much as possible from my remaining time. Whether it means staying busy or quietly watching a tree lose its leaves, all I can do is do the best I can control what I can control. Maybe the people having a 90-year-old parent may make it easier to imagine a long life, but I’m keenly aware that none of us know when it’s our last day. I do try to be grateful for each one!
Time is about a person’s time – the last second, a given hour, any day now, until next time, on the dot, a long time coming, and working against the clock – but only time will tell because one’s life here is a question of time.
“What, exactly, will time tell? Will it tell me that my days are numbered? Personally, I’d like to think that my days are worded because my days are stories, one-by-one as a child, then a dozen, then hundreds as the years roll on.” (Pam Wight @ The Hourglass of Our Life | roughwighting)
The subject of time offers seemingly endless opportunities to ponder. Although this is the fifth essay on the subject, I have at least one more. It will be unique but published at an unknown time. After all, I like to walk on the beach. It is good for the mind, body, and soul – and refreshing on my feet.
I’m linking to Jo’s Monday Walk featuring a collection of intriguing photos. Tell her I sent you.
See what other bloggers have posted about Time
- The Hourglass of Our Life (a short story by a visitor here)
- Riding the Time Wave (a poem)
- Time (a photo essay with text by a visitor here)
- Grains of Sand (a poem)
- Competition for My Time (a personal essay)
- A Wrinkle in Time (a poem by a frequent visitor here)
Next Post: Lines – Thursday 21st December @ 1 AM (Eastern US)
This reminded me of H. G. Wells’s “We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.” Here’s to miracles and mysteries 🙃
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Weekend,
Wow … that is a great quote … and one that I wish I would have thought of! Thank you!!!
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When I read your thoughts, or posts you share based on comments you receive, I often see my own thoughts mentioned. However, in this post, you didn’t mention an aspect of time which affects people living in my area every year. I live in the far north of the state of New South Wales, where for six months of every year – October to March – our clocks are turned forward for an hour, We are currently running on daylight savings time. Around ten minutes drive to the north is the state of Queensland. They do not operate on daylight savings time, causing great confusion between the two areas. Perhaps you mentioned different time zones in a previous post on time. Or maybe it will be covered in a future post?
Another thought provoking post, Frank, and I am pleased you noted the way in which birds and animals are aware of time, without the need for clocks and watches. Clever little creatures, aren’t they? 🙂
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Joanne,
I always wonder if readers ever notice their comments embedded in this type of essay. 🙂 Then again, there is usually a lot of time in between making the comment and reappearing in an essay. Meanwhile, time is such a large topic that every aspect of time won’t be mentioned in every essay. There is confusion about time along every time zone border any time of the year … well, when and where there are people involved. Even here in the US, we have States who don’t use DST. Meanwhile, time marches on with or without participants. After all, there was a time when nobody used DST. Thanks for walking along.
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We all have an innate sense of time, don’t we? But it’s not always accurate, any more than my watch, when I forget to wind it (yes, I do still have one of those). Time is a subject that frightens me, Frank, because I’m well aware that mine is running out. So what am I doing ‘wasting’ so much of it on WP every day? I’m sure you’ll have an answer for that. Thanks for the link, hon.
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Jo,
Good point about having an innate sense of time … even those regularly working in second and third shifts of life. Oh … I still have a watch – and most often wear it on vacations. But it doesn’t require winding … charges in light. 🙂 Like you, I also think about my time running out. I still recall a friend telling him on his 50th birthday that he realized his life is more than half over … and that was 21 years ago! I think our thoughts are common, but like everyone else, we don’t know when that time will come. Meanwhile, we keep doing what we gives us pleasure … and that connection with people around the world is not only important, but a difficult link to break. How’s that answer? 😉 Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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That’s a fine answer, Frank. I went for coffee this morning with a friend I hadn’t seen for a long time and was glad we had made the effort to meet again. No cake was involved 😵❤️
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Excellent …. but it’s time to contact the friend to make up for lost time with cake!
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The relativity of time! An endless subject indeed.
Yamas, my friend!
clink!
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Marina,
Time is definitely an endless subject … and to think I have Time v6 already in the queue. Maybe this an the next essay will lead to v7. 🙂 Yamas!
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…and that still wouldn’t cover it! 😉
Yamas!
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Glad I took the time to read this; it landed in my inbox at exactly the right time….while I was finishing my tea and putting off doing chores!
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Cristina,
Many times timing is everything. Glad I could help your procrastination. 🙂
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Time is such a fascinating subject. Well, it fascinates me! 🙂
There are so many ways to look at it–time as a concept, seasonal time, and clock-time (pre and post industrial). I think each individual feels time differently.
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Merril,
I agree … time is a fascinating subject. After all, your appreciation with the subject emerges in your poems. Yep – I too think each of us feel time differently … then again, much of the feeling is based on the personal circumstances affecting us at the time. Nevertheless, time is something we’ll never conquer – but that doesn’t stop us from trying! 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
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You’re welcome, Frank!
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I enjoyed reading your followers’ takes on time. I’m feeling that we’re already at the middle of December and the last 3 years have been the longest and the shortest at the same time, where has the time gone, and were we just in some kind of weird time warp? 🤔🧐⏰
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Shelley,
First of all, and most important to me, thank you for recognizing these are thoughts from the readers. It’s their wonderful insight that I’ve attempted to string together into something meaningful. As saying goes, time flies like an arrow – fruit flies like a banana. 🙂 I couldn’t resist. I have grabbed onto something that someone said to me many years ago about time. In our youth, time seems to move slowly because the young live in anticipating something. As we get older, the world shifts from anticipating to facing deadlines – the latter seems to compress deadlines … and after reaching the deadline, we tackle another deadline. Just a thought about your time warp because December is a time for deadlines. Thanks for walking along and sharing.
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I also think time is viewed differently by the young because a unit (a year, say) makes up a much larger percentage of their current time on earth than an elder’s.
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Hmmmm …. definitely an interesting thought to ponder! Thanks, Eilene. 🙂
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You’re welcome, I enjoy how you combine all of their thoughts so well.
LOL – I’ve heard that joke before too – it’s a good one.
Very wise words about time and aging, I love it! 🥰
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A seamless compilation, Frank! I enjoyed reading about time, and I especially liked the chosen photo of the old man and his little dog out for a walk! It’s almost christmas time. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! ❤
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Cheryl,
Thank you because combining the words of others into a common voice and something seemless isn’t an easy task – but I try. I typically select photographs to fit the previous paragraph – and there was something about that one that hit me. Thanks for the holiday wishes … and blessings to you in the season of the light.
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I love the quote Endless Weekend shared.
I am definitely closer to the end of my time here on Earth than the beginning, but the bottom line is I guess I haven’t reached my expiration date yet! I wonder if we were all born with “Best If Used By” dates, if we would make better use of our time. Methinks not!
However we use our time, it’s always there. Time may get away from us, but it never goes away. We probably should add time to death and taxes being the only things that are certain!
I had a great time reading your post and all the comments from your readers.
I have several things to accomplish today, but only time will tell if I succeed!
Happy Thursday Frank. Hope you take some time to have fun! Ginger
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I love how you have had an abundance of time and surely will still have lots more. You are too vivid to cut your time short!
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Agreed!
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Ginger,
You are an absolute treasure – and however you found this blog, thanks for doing so! Love the “best if used by” thought … and I agree on the not! But here’s the sentence that struck me the most … “Time may get away from us, but it never goes away.” … simply WOW …. and probably one for volume 7 (well … if there is one) … after all, v6 is in the queue and coming soon. Hope the time in your day has worked out like you hoped. Thanks for sharing.
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Now it’s my turn to say “WOW” for your kind words Frank. You have me blushing. Wait, my red cheeks may be from being out in the cold, or eczema or too much blusher applied! Hard to tell any more. 🤗 But your kind words warmed my heart. Thank you. Ginger
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Perfect words and in your style.
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What a great description of time Frank! You made me realise again how amazing animals are that have their own version of time. And although time always remains the same (as you rightly mention here), it’s funny how time passes slowly when you are in school (and young) and then it speeds up as we get older!
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Corna,
Thank you for the kind words. Keep in mind these are comments from readers that I’ve attempted to string together with a common voice into something meaningful. This is volume 5. I wrote volumes 1 & 2, and then if memory serves my correctly, volumes 3 & 4 were based on comments from v1 & v2 …. therefore this post and a future volume 6 are again based on reader comments but from v3 and v4. I wouldn’t be surprised if v7 in the long term – again based on reader comments. Please scroll up to see my response to Shelley because I mention how age affects the perception of time … well, at least in my view. Thanks for walking along and sharing.
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I constantly am running up against “time” in my entertainment choices, Frank. Lots of time travelling involved, and I admittedly would like to have that stellar ability to revisit some of my past exploits and see if my current memories align 100% with the past reality. I know sometimes over time people can “rewrite” some of their narratives, whether conscious of it or not. Maybe before my time is up, we’ll all be able to take backward trips with our forward selves and satisfy such curiosities.
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Bruce,
I chuckled because all of us run up against time … and the older we are, the more we are aware of it. Maybe personal reflection is our way of traveling back in time. After all, I’m sure all of us have wished do-overs on many occasions. Thanks for sharing.
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You have such enlightened readers, Frank. I think I recognized one.
Time is to be cherished because we don’t know when ours will be up!
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Dale,
Sure … I enjoy thinking about and then writing these essays. It’s my nature – but I also love reading the insight from readers. Who knows how many times I’ve thought, “Wish I would have written that.” I guess these extra volumes is a way to get those thoughts out. So yes – cheers to my readers who enlighten me and others. )
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I hear ya. More than once I’ve wished I had come up with something a reader wrote!
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It happens to all of us …. plus we do it to them.
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Of course.
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Your readers make great comments. Thanks for sharing.
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John.
I’ll definite offer a toast for that thought. 🙂
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It’s about time someone wrote a significant post about the vagaries of time. Time is of the essence, true? Not true. Time slips through our fingers like an elusive figment of our imagination. 🙂
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Pam,
Thank you. Fortunately for me, this is the fifth essay with poignant aspects of time. After all, time is a large subject. Meanwhile, I like your thought about time slipping through our fingers. But one question – you didn’t see reference to you in the essay?
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I loved it and then I reread the essay and there was so much to it that I ended up not mentioning the fact that it felt wonderful to see one of my quotes in your immense fascinating, intense essay. I was amazed at how much time you took to explain time in so many different ways. 😍
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Glad to include you … especially because it fit so well!
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Your mother is 90? That’s amazing, Frank. My mom, too, is in her ninth decade. Nice to hope that we’ve inherited those genes, huh? After all, there’s just sooo much I want to do — and time does have a way of getting away from us. You’re 100 percent right in that our pets “know” time in ways we don’t. Monk seems to have a sixth sense about time (though this time-change still has him flummoxed, ha!)
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Debbie,
Oh my … you could a major mistake. Thank you. That’s one of the issues I face when working with other people’s words. That is, sometimes editing slips through my fingers. A reader made the comment about having a 90 year old mother – so I rushed in to change it. Thanks for catching it. Meanwhile, I don’t think our pets are worrying about time slipping away. 🙂
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Lots to think about here, Frank, and it takes time to ponder all these ideas. 😉. The bit with the bourbon made me laugh. The present is a continuously moving moment, isn’t it?
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Janet,
Reader like you provided many great comments. Yours is in there because I remember it! Meanwhile, cheers to the role bourbon has in our time. Meanwhile, yep – the present as a split-second moving moment is a good way to think of the present. 🙂 Cheers!
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I had to come back again because I just came across a quote about time from Thoreau in “Walden.”
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it; but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.”
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Wonderful …. and thank you!
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You’re very welcome. 🙂
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An excellent collection of thoughts on time. As I grow older I am more aware of time – or lack of it – than I was when younger.
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Jo,
I think those of us in the upper age bracket would agree. Thanks for walking along.
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Argh…. The Clock… Time is what we make it… 🙂
I gave up wearing a watch when I left work to retire… My world was ruled by Time for my working life.. … Now I make the most of my time.. 🙂 by not paying too much attention to it… Just living in the NOW..
And happy I caught your Post Frank… xx in this NOW moment of Time xx ❤ 😉
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Sue,
I recall your watch removal comment when you retired. Actually, I think I used that thought in one of the earlier Time essays. Focusing on living instead of time is a good thing. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you… You have a Good memory… 🙂 I did.. 🙂 ❤ And yes…. Focus in on the moment of Now xx 🙂 Have many lovely Now moments over your weekend xx
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We did … and I hope you weekend was filled with joyful moments.
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It was very joyful Frank . We had a family gathering for Christmas at our home.
So yes filled with lots of JOY 😊 💕
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I think you wove your readers’ ideas into a very coherent essay, Frank. I remain acutely aware any day could be my last, but it doesn’t keep me from “wasting” time. Is it really wasted just because we aren’t doing anything productive? I can’t get behind that idea.
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Eileen,
Thank you for the kind words and recognizing the readers for their thoughts. We don’t know when that last day will be, so gotta do what we can do as long as we have the time to do it. Even then, time may prevent it. Thanks for sharing!
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Frank, I had to keep reminding myself that these thoughts came from a whole variety of readers! As I recently hit 60, I find myself almost unable to comprehend the decades past, and wondering what the future holds. Time, it can boggle the mind. But I also feel the need, almost a sense of urgency, to utilize the time I have remaining on this earth to enjoy experiences with those I love, and to do some good and make a difference in other people’s lives. Time is certainly something to ponder…
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Lisa,
Thanks for recognizing the role readers played in this essay. Time definitely boggles the mind … and while we ponder it and try to manage it, it just marches on to its own beat. …. and then we reach of certain age when we start wondering about our time – especially what’s left & how we are going to use it …. and I certainly don’t wish anyone a life of Alzheimer’s and dementia. What a horrible way to fade away while hanging on to time. Thanks for walking along and sharing.
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You are very welcome, Frank!
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You make some very valid points! I do think that the calendar year is simply something we made up, but as you say, time is very real. How we think of it and react to it says a lot about how we view life.
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Ann,
There are many wonderful thoughts about time in this post. After all, they are not mine – but a collection of comments by readers that I tried to weave together into something coherent. Thumbs up to the wonderful perspectives they’ve shared with me. Not question we invented calendars to track time … Gregorian and Julian to name a few … but there are many others – especially in the ancient world. Suddenly you got me wondering about another time invention -time zones!!!! Thanks for walking along and sharing.
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Time is a wonderful blend of past and present.
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Jennie,
Time offers so many things to think about … crazy! … yet time has a way of marching on to its steady beat. …. and for me, that’s ok because I like it’s steadiness.
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I like your thinking, Frank.
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I am honored that you used one of my quotes. I have to tell you everything that you say about time here resonates with me and with some of my blog posts and stories that it all merged together. But when you mentioned the bubble, I thought, I hope Frank reads my silly suds post today. 😚
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Pam,
My pleasure using your quote. I’ve got the feeling it came along at a good time. Thanks for writing it because if you didn’t, I couldn’t have used it! Meanwhile, time has a way of being an important factor to storytellers and poets. Cheers to your bubbles. 🙂
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This piece brought to mind why I think we remember the days lasting forever when we were younger. I think it’s because we didn’t pay attention to clocks and schedules. On a summer day I would go out in the morning, check in from time to time and then return for dinner. No clocks, just an understanding. It was more enjoyable in that way.
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Marc,
An understanding of time and checking in were a big part of my life too …. and I’ve got the feeling that is true for many of us. I think of today – a time when I don’t see as many kids playing outside these days. To me, that’s sad. Thanks for sharing.
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I am glad I grew up when I did.
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Normally time ebbs and flows…but today has been a true cluster you-know-what. Naturally technology is behind that. Boy, when will IT specialists stop ‘fixing things that aren’t broken. I’ve spent all afternoon trying to resolve a new OS update. And there’s no way to reverse it back. 😭 All I can do is forewarn others to NOT update their Apple watches to the latest software. You’ll do nothing but be aggravated.
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Monika,
Ouch … dealing with customer service these days is painful and time consuming. Seems like so much lost time. Good news (for me) is that I don’t have an Apple watch. Hang in there.
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Truly ironic that all that time was wasted over, wait for it…a timepiece (and fitness tracker). 😳 Sometimes technology seems counter-intuitive, doesn’t it? The state of so-called customer service could use some focus on the customer.
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Right on, Monika … so a fitting treat for you. tinyurl.com/bdefbe33
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Love it!
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“I think about time a lot, maybe because the sands of my hourglass are getting thin. After all, time touches us all in different ways as we age. Time seems to gallop nowadays, but I remember when I was young and it stretched endlessly.”
I can really relate to this, Frank – I was just thinking how quickly we find ourselves at the end of another year … Hope the closing of December brings many a smile as you look forward to many more walk in 2024.
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Ju-Lyn,
Time definitely seems to fly by the older we get. I imagine the rat-race of adult life probably is part of the reason. After all, we are always on the go and racing to get things done on time. Thanks for walking along and sharing.
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We may not have invented time but we named it. We do that. We like to name things because we think that gives us control over it. It does not.. Time will pass whether we are looking or not. How we react within that time helps to define us.
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Pam,
No doubt on all counts. Whether we like it or not, time does its thing and marches on …. and with or without us. Thanks for sharing.
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A beautiful and thoughtful write on time and how we view it from past through the present, and to the future. We measure the duration of events or the intervals between them as “time”, as we age time seems to speed up, a phenomenon. Thank you for this wonderful post Frank, it really makes one think about life and how we are using time. ☀️
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Holly,
Hello, south Florida! Time is quite the subject and it is a great constant in life – yet its perception is a phenomenon (thanks for the great choice of a word). Fortunately for me, the reader provide many great insights for me to craft into an essay – so credit to them! Hope all is well and thanks for walking along.
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It so my pleasure Frank. There’s nothing like a beach walk !
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Excellent thought on time, Frank.
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Dan,
Thanks … and credit goes to the readers for their insightful comments because if it wasn’t for them, this post wouldn’t have happened. 🙂
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I’ve always found this specific aspect interesting… more intriguing. As through each phase of our lives we go through, how we interpret time – always different and to us the meaning changes yet it is time that is constant with no change. Faithful it’s tick… at some stages seen as a faithful friend at others a faithful foe… ( if that makes sense 😬) everything changes but time…
Thank you, Frank. a walk certainly worth the time 🤍🙏
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Destiny,
Your comment not only makes absolutely sense, I like your wording. 🙂 Time seems to be an endless subject. I have one more time essay coming soon that is based on comments by readers (like this one). Because of comments like yours, I’ve got the feeling volume 7 my unexpectedly happen. Thanks for sharing your insight!
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glad it was understood 😬
thank you once again and a welcome too🙏
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Time does seem to rush by faster than it used to. Maybe that comes with getting old. It is a good time to let it slow down a bit, to enjoy the season and maybe a few minutes with friends. All the best to you for the coming times!
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Ludwig,
Thank you for the best wishes. The perception of the pace of time is an interesting thought on its own. Interestingly, see the string of comments starting with Shelley for some ideas. (Easier for me to point you that way than restate everything. Thanks for walking along and chiming in.
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I was short on time, and took a long time to get here, and its almost time for your next essay!
Whoa.
A timely essay of very wise words. Thanks!
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Ingrid,
Being short on time is understandable because that is part of the holiday season … so no problem … and thanks for working me into the craziness. 🙂
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I like your recognition that we all have the same 24 hours in a day! I have such a different relationship to time the further I get from my retirement date 7 years ago. I think back to how harried I always was, and how much I love having the freedom to navigate time according to my chosen pace. During the pandemic lock down I took note of how much I enjoyed the slow pace. I might not have enjoyed the circumstances, but I did like being slow! I’ve tried to keep that going. As the sands in my own hourglass continue to thin, I don’t want to speed up a thing. LOL!
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