Think about that: no moment will compare to the one before it or after it.
Because the world will continue to spin and evolve. After all, we are merely guests on this planet. The one thing we are truly given here is time. Everything else is the product of it.
Time is constant; it will continue to pass regardless of our situations, regardless of our happiness, regardless of our desire. There is no sense in pleading for time to pass more slowly or more quickly. There is no point in rushing time or trying to hold onto it.
“Things" will never be done. You will never “get there.” And time will keep passing.
I say we will never "get there," but a like how A.A. Milne puts it better:
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
Someday. It is not a defined limit or destination. It is just when it is. Do we put too many restrictions on our time? Do we rush too much?
We take the highway instead of the scenic route.
We use self check out instead of talking to the cashier.
We buy fast passes to skip the line at amusement parks.
We take moving walkways to get through the airport quicker.
Why do we feel the need to fast-forward life? I say, "We have nothing but time," and people with due dates and deadlines scoff at me. However, those things are the limitations of life. (And don't get me wrong, they are important!) But the freedom of life comes when you take the time restrictions away from everything else.
If you don't finish your yard work to help your elderly neighbor, if you don't get to your point in a conversation, if you take longer to arrive somewhere because you stopped to pick strawberries, if you miss exercising because you went out to breakfast with a friend, if your walk takes longer because you stopped to look at the sky and smell a flower... you have lived well.
Think back on the best times of your life.
Generally they weren't done "on-time," and time didn't matter anyway. Generally, they are the times when you free yourself of the restrictions of time.
You need to know that this time you are in, it’s all you’ve got. There are no guarantees and EVERYTHING is liable to change with time. So where you are, take your time. Enjoy your time. Cherish your time. This is life, don't restrict it.
