I don\u2019t check Facebook very often, but a day or so ago I noticed our nephew, John, had referenced an article about time \u2014 it essentially said that people aren\u2019t just \u201crunning late,\u201d they\u2019re basically just rude and inconsiderate. I absolutely couldn\u2019t agree more. We all know people that are consistently late for everything; most of them think it\u2019s cute, or it emphasizes how important they are.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve written about time before in this blog, so I won\u2019t discuss the same things again, but the posting on Facebook got me to thinking \u2014 about time, you might say. Time is viewed quite differently by Eastern and Western cultures and even different by various countries within these cultures. In America, time is truly money; in other countries, not so much. Anyone that\u2019s traveled understands those different attitudes\u2026.<\/p>\n
We all pretty much have an idea what time is, but in fact there has never been an acceptable scientific definition of it. We really don\u2019t know how time works. Time only goes forward \u2014 never back. We remember the past, but we can\u2019t remember the future. When did time start? I\u2019m pretty sure it didn\u2019t start with the Big Bang, if there was a Big Bang.<\/p>\n
Anyhow, this time thing, including time travel, is way too complicated for me. But I\u2019m glad we have time \u2014\u00a0if we didn\u2019t have time, a good time couldn\u2019t be had by all, or we couldn\u2019t have a race against time, or a stitch in time and we couldn\u2019t be ahead of one\u2019s time. We\u2019d stay up all night because there would be no bedtime and everyone wants to be in the right place at the right time, and most of us wish for better luck next time. I\u2019m not sure you can actually buy time, but you can buy on<\/em> time and if you don\u2019t pay<\/em> on time, you\u2019ll possibly do<\/em> time. Most politicians want face time, but in fact they give the public a hard time and some of them are (hopefully) on borrowed time. Postcards at vacation spots already have \u201chaving a wonderful time – wish you were here\u201d printed on them\u2026 and as the song says, does anyone really know what time it is? Well, there\u2019s no time like the present.<\/p>\n So even though we can\u2019t scientifically define it, we just couldn\u2019t get along without time. I once heard it said that God created time so everything wouldn\u2019t happen at once. I guess I can go with that until I hear a better definition. They say lost time is never found again, and in case you\u2019re wondering why I\u2019m wasting my time writing this, just remember the time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time\u2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I don\u2019t check Facebook very often, but a day or so ago I noticed our nephew, John, had referenced an article about time \u2014 it essentially said that people aren\u2019t just \u201crunning late,\u201d they\u2019re basically just rude and inconsiderate. I … Continue reading
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