Time is Infinate.

Time is a gift. Time is a gift because we view it at limited. However, in reality there is enough of it to go around, which is something we tend to forget. Time allows us to evolve. However, the notion of “what time is it?” seems irrelevant to me. We only use time to organize our lives in a civilized manner. However, humans just decided that we would call 1 rotation around the sun “one year” and break it down into months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. When this occurred, I believe we started to put limits on our existance, and try to fit as many things in a certain span of time that we could, before time runs out. There was a study done on a show I watched called “Time”. The study consisted of putting younger people in a room for a few hours and putting older people in a room for hours. The younger people predicted that the time went by significantly quicker than the older people predicted. Near the end of ones life, people start appreciating time more than younger people who are generally caught up in the future rather than the present. Always thinking about what your going to do next takes away from the gift of time we have on earth, which is to enjoy the very “now” moment that your living in. Americans especially take the gift of time for granted. The portrayed view on how to live the “American Dream” is to keep striving for more. More things, more money, more responsibilities, less time. Everything in America suggests “on the go”, “keep moving”, never rest. This is such a negative way to live our lives but so many people fall into it, and lose sight of the gift of time passing by and before we know it we ask ourselves…”where has the time gone?”.

Americans especially view “time as money”. Getting payed by the hour, charging services by the hour, and studio time are great examples of how we charge for each otheres time. When you pay for time, time gains value. However, it loses value in the sence that it is not being accepted as special, just “worth money”. I believe that it has a negative affect on society when time is sold, sectioned off, rushed, and passed by so quickly without ackknowledging the gift of being alive. Time helps us to realize that what we do with our lives, in the time we have to be on earth, is crutial to appreciate everything around us.

In the past few weeks I have been overwhelmed with deadlines, stressed out and felt there wasn't enough time to get things done. I haven't had a cellphone for three days now. This was the main source I used to tell what time it was. In the past few days I have felt relieved and it seems as though I made it to class on-time, without noting the time. And time seems to be going by much smoother not knowing what time it is. This has helped me come to my realization that we all have enough time for everything.

During those few weeks I was telling my mom how I was feeling. She decided to send me my horoscope which was freakishly accurate and also pertains to this weeks blog assignment.........


TIME is weighing a bit heavily on your mind, today, and all of your clockwatching could prove distracting. Deadlines, expiration dates and looming appointments don't have to steer you off track, though -- just set your alarm an hour earlier. Try to live in the moment. Don't worry about what's coming up in the next hour, day or week. You do have all the TIME you need, but you'll have even more of it if you stop wasting the moment on being preoccupied with the future!