Time
Many people think of time as the enemy to all mankind. As if time is some malicious force that works to tear us apart. It ages us, making our bodies brittle. It wears away at our minds, tiring us. And it decays friendships, leaving ever-fading memories of yesterday as it thrusts us into a new unknown. But time is not our enemy, no more than it is our friend.
Time is our proctor, monitoring us, testing us as it constantly changes us. Time doesn't force us into the future because it wants to. As creatures living in this reality, our only choice is to move forward. But we decide our own fates. We forge our own paths. Time pushes us along, ever forward into the great unknown. But that's the thrill. That's the excitement of it all. Yes, there are always going to be things you want to change, but with every brittle bone and faded memory comes the chance for a new experience or interaction with a loved one.
The future is never something that should be feared, because to fear the future is to fear life itself. The future should be embraced with open arms eager to learn more, to experience more, to love more and to laugh more. And for each bad moment, for each wrinkle in time where we cry, there will be a thousand more where we smile. We touch everyone we meet on this planet in a very significant way. And that is why, for their sake, as much as for ours, we must seek to experience all there is to experience. And the beauty of it is, we'll never experience it all.
by Lukas Peace Termini
Many people think of time as the enemy to all mankind. As if time is some malicious force that works to tear us apart. It ages us, making our bodies brittle. It wears away at our minds, tiring us. And it decays friendships, leaving ever-fading memories of yesterday as it thrusts us into a new unknown. But time is not our enemy, no more than it is our friend.
Time is our proctor, monitoring us, testing us as it constantly changes us. Time doesn't force us into the future because it wants to. As creatures living in this reality, our only choice is to move forward. But we decide our own fates. We forge our own paths. Time pushes us along, ever forward into the great unknown. But that's the thrill. That's the excitement of it all. Yes, there are always going to be things you want to change, but with every brittle bone and faded memory comes the chance for a new experience or interaction with a loved one.
The future is never something that should be feared, because to fear the future is to fear life itself. The future should be embraced with open arms eager to learn more, to experience more, to love more and to laugh more. And for each bad moment, for each wrinkle in time where we cry, there will be a thousand more where we smile. We touch everyone we meet on this planet in a very significant way. And that is why, for their sake, as much as for ours, we must seek to experience all there is to experience. And the beauty of it is, we'll never experience it all.
by Lukas Peace Termini