The P ublisher Po stulates
P hysicist Albert Einstein was
definitely onto something when
he stated that time is relative.
Although we measure time in
equal increments, a minute of pain and a
minute of pleasure seem far from equal in
duration. For some, life is not long enough,
while for others, it seems like an eternity.
We use time to arrange our lives as we
manage our activities from moment to
moment, day by day, year by year. We
know that time can bring cures to aches,
both physical and emotional, and that it
is at the heart of any changes that occur
in our minds. Yet time is never absolute.
It changes, transforms and evolves. Time
is the most valuable possession we have,
and therefore, we must seek to spend it
wisely, if such a thing is possible.
Time can be an enemy or a friend. It is
a great healer, but a very poor beautician.
It is also said that time heals all wounds
and wounds all heels. I like to think that
is true. The only thing time is sure to bring
is change. Like life, it is a one-way street
that we travel down as we seek to discover
who we are. We are not able to go back
in time and are only able to change our
future actions.
Often, time has the ability to make the
past look better than it was. We tend to
believe William Shakespeare’s warning
that “What’s past is prologue,” thereby
making today yesterday’s pupil as we look
to the future. However, the time that is
hidden from us, no matter what we do,
becomes our present for a moment, then
moves on at 60 minutes per hour to become
our past with no possibility of retreat or
change.
My yesterdays are the tomorrows that
got away. I know where the time went
into making me who I am and what I am
at this moment. Time has been my friend
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and foe, not intentionally, but rather by its
own nature. Therefore, I constantly remind
myself that it is not the time in my life that
matters, but rather what I do with the time
I have. Some individuals get more time,
some less, yet each of us is in control of
what we do with the time allotted to us.
We must make choices because there is not
time to do everything, so I choose wisely,
not based on what I want to do, but rather
on who I want to be. For it is what we do
with our time that determines who we are.
I hope it was worth your time to read
this. If not, just forget it. It is now in the
past, and there is no going back. 9
Publisher / Editor
TIME
By Aaron R. Fodiman
The relativity of time often depends on whether you’re entering or leaving the bathroom.
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