Regretable thoughts of an irremediable procrastinator................................by Kenta Bacas Hosaka
"Time after time", "If I could turn back time",
"Time goes by, so slowly…" wise women have said. Laugh,
but why is time always a hot topic? Sometimes in the blink of an eye,
one has lost a year of life and has nothing to show for it. Other times
one lonely second can alternate the entire course of your life, just
enough time to say that word you never had the nerve to say, or to look
down at your radio while the truck was running the red light in front
of you. An uncomfortable hour can last an eternity, but ten days on
Holidays feel like just enough time to stretch. Time is slow; time is
fast. Everyone has suffered the incessant inner battle between letting
things progress in their natural course, and instigating experiences
to achieve the most out of every second of one's life.
Our lives seem revolve around saving and spending on a daily basis.
Time is no stranger to this practice. Sayings like "time is money"
have been ingrained into society from birth, planting a vermin seed
in our brains that often blooms into a barren soul. Our present culture
runs on instant gratification. Waiting ten seconds to load a webpage
seems impertinent when one should suffice, donating nine more seconds
of stressful habits to one's daily routine.
At the end of an old wise man's life, time seems to be in everybody's
mind: more time to spend with the loved ones, more time to research
the cure to his disease, more time to say all he wanted to say…
After all, some of History's most renowned thinkers often dealt similarly
with the concept of time and loss. Queen Elizabeth I's legendary last
words were "All my possessions for a moment of time". And
Lord Byron also sighed, "no hand can make the clock strike for
me the hours that are passed".
There seems to be a clear message. Nevertheless, is more time what everyone
wants? Or is it just a vicious circle where the more time one gets and
the more time one saves, the more time one spends on saving time. Break
the cycle. You will never find time for anything. If you want
time, you must make it.
Just remember, time is not the goal, it is simply the means to a purpose. Time is only a vessel to execute one's needs and desires. Fighting through life in order to gain time with no intention is an uphill battle on an open drawbridge. At the end of the day, it's what you do with your savings that will distinguish a lame year from the best fifteen seconds of your life.
