Thursday, November 29, 2007
Time
So, I have been thinking recently as to why most of us are so time-conscious these days? Time is something we, humans, invented yet we have allowed it to overtake us and somehow it is now controlling us rather than the other way around. What after all is so important about time that we gauge everything by it; be it a relationship, the amount of time required to do something and even finding time to spend with someone? It is a concept that is mostly popular in the ‘civilized’ world if you will. There are many countries around the world where time is irrelevant and the concept of wearing a watch or having a clock is unnatural. One may argue that those people are forever late for meetings, appointments, etc but the key to note is that they probably realize that the value of time should be judged by how it is spent not how much is spent. Who I wonder is better off in the long run if you will: the people who let their lives be controlled by time and therefore have no ‘time’ for their families or loved ones or those who continue going about living their lives without letting ‘time’ overrule them?
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It takes effort to live every moment of time by our own rules. We let things control us because it gives the illusion of stability.
I don't wear a watch and try to let time interfere in the least way possible. Which, in turn, causes me to be late for things.
But I look at like this: whatever that I'm doing right now, compared to getting somewhere, is more enjoyable than the next thing.
Everyone is time-conscious in one way or another. It sort of gives us a purpose. Not wearing a watch doesn't mean you are not time conscious. It simply means you would like to be but society will not allow this to happen.
What if the next thing or activity is much more enjoyable and something you want to do instead of something you have to?
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