The Abstract Nature of Time

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Time has always been that mysterious kid lurking in the corner of the classroom, doing his own thing and minding his business. Headset on with little or no talk at all. Just keeping to himself while ticking and counting as his only task.

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When I take a moment to think about it, time is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. It is one thing that the wealthy, bourgeoisie and government have not found a way to control. It is the one constant thing I brag about being free to every individual out there irrespective of your age, tribe, location and political choice. Hence my thought behind time being abstract.

Breaking my thought process to the conclusion of this topic. Time stick to being the factor that determines the past and the present. It is the indicator of knowing what has happened and what will happen. It is show the precise moment an action has taken place and so far the remind we cannot go back in time only move forward. Despite so many movies and shows out there portraying the presence of a time machine that can take on back in time or that can take one into the future. Yet there isn't any occurrence of such in our current time of life.

I know how I wish of certain things be reversed. How I could go back in time and revert certain action I took in the past. Not cherishing certain moments in time I had and more like that. Yet it just shows that despite the availability of so many kinds of clocks and calendars, time cannot still be held in one's hand. It can only be lived through. No matter how hard you try the time spent cannot be gotten back and the amount of time that slipped through your hands cannot be restored. You can only move through when it comes to dealing with time.

An exciting concept of time I have come to realize with each day that goes by is how differentiate time can be to each human being depending on the course of action taking place at the moment. You could be waiting in line for a cup of coffee or some pastry at your favourite coffee shop filled with a long queue. To you at that given point in time, it is moving really slow and you say can it get any faster than this.

While to another individual at work with a pile of work to do, deadline closing up and a jerk for a boss on your neck giving you constant reminders when you have clearly given him your estimated time of arrival that is your ETA to complete the task. Yet he still rings you up for details on the progression of the project. To this person, time moves fast than they want it to.

Both time are still the same but the course of action going on at the moment for each individual males it seem that the time is running faster than the person's time.

With the fast pace of things and the advancement of technology. We have seen everything in a fast pace mode, where we want things to be done quick. Thereby leaving room for gross mistake and misconduct. We forget that when we move fast, we tend to break things and sometimes we might not know until it is too late. Warren Buffett says you need to take time in making decisions on the life changing stuff, like raising a family, starting a career, picking a partner and stuff like that. Rather can moving faster than your shadow.

Time is abstract but it is also subject to your pace.


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I am samostically@samostically, a chess player and writer. I love to share the experience I have gained from different battles over the 64 squares and the knowledgeable insights from books I have read. But most importantly, I am a Midnight Owl and I founded the community Midnight Letters.

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