The new year has just started and for many, it is a time of re-assessment of values, goals, and status. The measurement of time makes us realize how quickly or slowly it can all go. Time is the most precious thing we have. Ultimaately its the only thing we have, its limited and we sell it to earn a living. We waste it, spend money to enjoy it, and lose it frequently. When the clock struck midnight this year, we were reminded how quickly it can slip through our fingers. But it provides for a time of reflection, what have I dome with my time? Did I work too much, see my friends and family enough? Did I do what I wanted to this year or did I put it off, spending the future on what I could have done today. It seems endless, until we force ourselves to consider its not. A thought that has us think about our own mortality.
2009 was a great year for me. After many years of talking about traveling, I finally did. And because I took the first step, I found it easy to keep going. I thought I had my whole life to do things, but now I realize there is much left to see and do and that I'm running out of time. I was always running out of time, I just ignored it. I was procrastinating my life away.
I've been working a lot recently. Its become my new excuse on why I haven't posted to my blog, taken pictures or gave a timely reponse to e-mails. But when I had no job, or worked only part time, I did the same thing. Because I assumed I had time and I could just do it later. But later is too late. When the ultimate time marker comes, and we realize the end is near, later won't exist. There will only be now.
