Everything has a progression there is no stopping the ticking of the clock, the hour hand moves inevitably towards tomorrow. Nothing can last against it's angry sway. Even month move into seasons and seasons into years and then starts all over again. It is an endless cycle that has no end.
No matter what you do the human body cannot fight against time, and aging takes place. Though it's passage is slow the evidence becomes apparent soon enough first comes the roll, then the wrinkles, the hair thins and grays, the lines deepen around the eyes. Nothing prepares us for this eternal march.
Life is full of events that make up episodes and those episodes play out into the span of months and years nothing changes the fact that time doesn't slow down not even a fraction, no matter what you do or try. Nothing has any permanence anymore, everything is made to break down and be replaced this is what the world has devolved to in the modern age.
But with every invention that eases the burdens of man, time is the great equalizer making all things the same. equal. No one can run the race against time and win, because the body will give out way before the clock on the wall stops its ever onward rotation. We have trained ourselves to celebrate these passing years as a type of victory, that marks the year of our birth. Nothing can take that away from us that small victory that we celebrate with each passing year of life.
Judge not what others do for they are playing out their own version of the same story that you are in. Though the characters change everyone of is fraught with a multitude of issues, everyone has them no one is exempt from them. How we deal with them and move forward is what defines us. But in the case of time, our bodies slow and break down but in most cases the mind stays nimble and alert. Looking out for familiar patterns and doing things that make our world unique and our own. Stop for a moment and look at the world around us and see what is taking place around you and you will be amazed at how other's lives parallel yours. No one is exempt from the tolling bell and we will all succumb to the numb darkness of death in our own time.
Nothing tells us the day or the hour in which we will pass from this world to the next but you can be assured that the clock on the wall is keeping track of every second that you remain in this plane. Nothing can change the fact that even though time was created by man to help them navigate the daily rotation of the sun around the earth it also helps us measure the path that we take daily. We use it to govern our lives and we come close to worshiping it. Because we each have things that we need to accomplish during certain parts of the day.
Years treat each person differently and nothing stays the same forever, each of us is just going through time floating like a ship adrift on the sea. There is no compass to guide us just the rotation of the hand against our brains. We have ingrained upon ourselves the necessity to abide by time and therefore it controls almost every aspect of our lives. We punch a clock when we work, we go to sleep at a certain time, get up and start it all over again. This is not how it is supposed to be. But we are human and need guidelines and rules to keep us going at a steady pace so that each day is fulfilled to the fullest, or that is what the majority of humanity thinks.
I don't care what anyone else thinks or believes, because no matter what the march of time might have done to me I am still here chugging along, and yes I am 50 now, but I still feel like I am in my 30's. Yes I have a few more aches and pains then I used to but guess what I don't look anywhere near my age and I am still able to get out and do all that I need to to get through the day, I don't have to punch a time clock and I still survive. I do things when the time is appropriate for me and not for others. I try to abide by the structure so that I can make to appointments and stuff like that but I will tell you other than that time hold real no meaning for me in this life anymore. Each day is a challenge and I start them all the same as a brand new slate with nothing etched in it and I can screw it up anyway that I want and I am content to live like that.
Dimly I am aware that time passes and I acknowledge that passing with a glance and a move forward, because with each new down is a world that is open to interpretation and new mysteries and adventures are to be had. I am not locked into a single way of life and I keep surprising myself with all that I get done in a single day. How is time treating you and how well are you holding up under the pressure of age?
Let me know I would like to hear your thoughts about this.
As always you are in my hopes and dreams,
Uncle B
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