Let’s have a little fun today with the word TIME.
According to what I could find on the internet, the first recorded time was around 2900 bc by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
Author Jacqui Murray reveals how prehistoric man kept track of time in her Dawn of Humanity trilogy.
Time is elusive.
There can never be more time created, yet we cannot see, touch, or feel time. We can only feel the effects.
Dictionary.com says this about Time: The system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
That’s the physical definition.
From the spiritual viewpoint there is no such thing as time in the way that man has come to regard it.
Here’s a little poem that expresses the duality of time.
Time flies
Time crawls
Time stands still
Time marches on
Time to go
Time to stay
Time to flow
Time to play
Time to laugh
Time to cry
Time and a half
Time to die
Time for you
Time for me
Time review
Time to be
I’d love to hear your thoughts about time!
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I love your poem on Time, Jan. It made me think of – time heals all wounds. But does it really? <3
No, not really, but time can cover the wounds, so they aren’t so raw. I often think of Willie Nelson’s song, The Healing Hands of Time. I’m glad you enjoyed the poem. Thank you for your comment!
That’s exactly it Jan 🙂 x
Lovely post and poem, Jan! Sometimes I feel that time is more precious to us humans when it has passed and we remember it. That is ironic, right? The trick is, as you and others have pointed out above, to be present in the moment, so that when we do look back and remember, we realize we appreciated each of those moments to the fullest. I have not learned, even in my advanced age, to consciously do this!
It is still a work in progress for me, Maura Beth. It’s hard to stay fully present in the moment. But you are right in that time is more precious once it has passed. Thank you so much for your comment. Hugs!
Your poem beautifully expresses the reality that time is a human concept. It all depends on your perspective, be it age, current events, and often the company you’re in. Well done, Jan.
Thank you for visiting, Mark. You’re right. Time is subjective to the person viewing it.
Lovely poem! I see the need for measuring time because of what we-all do every day, but even in the late 1800s–early 1900s, primitive tribes measured time by the sun, nothing more intricate. That would take the stress out of lots of stuff!
Thanks for the shout out!
You are most welcome, Jacqui. And yes, time is the measurement that helps us get to where we need to be and when. The 1800s is a great example of how time was measured by the sun’s trek across the sky. Thank you for stopping by!
I love speculating about time, Jan. It’s a human construct for making order out of our world, but I don’t think we truly understand it’s nature or structure from a quantum physics perpective. (Even our understanding of quantum physics is likely immature). Does all time exist simultaneously and we merely plod through it? Can we stand still or go backwards? Is it straight or rippled? Does it progress at one speed or mulitple speeds? I’ve noticed that it’s possible to slow time down, a good thing to do when time seems to be zipping by. The trick is give each moment our full attention. It’s hard to do, but it works! A great thing to practice. 😀
You are exactly right about the way to slow time down. If we can stay in the present moment, it doesn’t go zooming past. I love your speculation and agree that we are in the baby stages of understanding quantum physics and how time plays a minute part in our astral existence. Great comment! Thank you!
It’s a topic that I can’t help but wonder about, expecially as I search for ways to slow the darn thing down!
This an excellent post on a topic that is “timely.” No pun intended. I shared your blog with our cancer support group, which stimulated some comments and a healthy exchange of thoughts.
Thank you, Jan.
Thank you, Karen, for sharing this with your cancer support group. I love that it stimulated some thoughts and comments. Hugs!
The first thing I thought of when reading your poem about time was the Jim Croce song, Time in a Bottle.
If I could save time in a bottle
The first thing that I’d like to do
Is to save every day ’til eternity passes away
Just to spend them with you
Oh, I love that song, Pete. When my best friend’s husband passed away, that was the song he wanted to be played at his funeral. So, I never hear it that I don’t think of Jimmy Perot. Thank you for stopping by!
Oh, love this, Jan! I’ve learned to enjoy every minute of time, even if it slips away from me. Wish I could share (tweet), but there’s new rules out there on twitter and I guess I’ve reached my limit?!
What? Twitter now has a limit? That’s bizarre! Thank you for stopping by and commenting, Mary. I love your attitude about time. Hugs!
A lovely, wholesome post Jan. Within a few words, you’ve captured time, which has been interpreted in various ways. I have always felt it flies, I have called it a tyrant in my poetry. It is a great teacher though. ?
Thanks so much for your comment, Balroop. I think tyrant is an appropriate acronym for time. And yes, it is a great teacher.
It’s really a struggle to manage time and take advantage of every second that we’re given. Once it’s gone, you can never get it back. Your blog makes us think. Love you, Sister.
That is so true, sister. It’s a precious commodity and I feel like I waste way too much of it. Thank you for stopping by! Love you!
Great post and word, Jan 🙂 It has so many meanings to each person but it is limited and very valuable to each.
That’s true, Denise. Rick used to say that time to a prisoner meant nothing. I suppose that’s true. So, yes, it has different meanings for each person. Thank you so much for visiting.
Great post, Jan … but don’t forget: Time spelled backwards is “emit.” What that has to do with anything, I really don’t know, but maybe you can figure some way to connect it.
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LOVE the poem!! ?❤️?
Lol, Marcia. I never thought of what it spells backwards. 🙂 I’ll have to thank on that one. Thanks for stopping by!
If you figure out something good, let us know. I’m still pondering it. Surely, in the grand scheme of things, it must have some import?? ?
Fun post, Jan.
Thanks, John!
Great word and post, Jan! I know I have the same amount of time as everyone else, but the responsibilities I have in my life suck so much of it away that I feel as if I have so little time each day. Perception warps are view of time, doesn’t it?
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It most certainly does, Yvette. To a child, time crawls by. But the older we get and the busier we get, the time flies. It definitely is subject to our perception. Thank you for visiting and leaving a comment!
Jan, a perfect capture of time, the ultimate elusive paradox! Sometimes it seems to fly past so quickly I imagine an unearthly interference with the whole concept then when ill it seems to drag on … and drag on until it’s almost as if slowly hitting a brick wall of time standing still! A fascinating and thought-provoking post, Jan! xx
That is so true, Annika. Our perception of time is all based on what’s going on in our life. I’m so glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Beautiful poem, Jan! Many years ago, I heard someone say, “Time is what we want most, but what we use the worst.” This is so true for me if I don’t turn of the internet while writing. Great post!
That’s a great saying, Jill. It is so true for all of us. At the end of the day, I can always look back and see where I wasted precious time. But it’s all relative. I am glad you enjoyed the poem. Have a great day!
Now I have an ear worm. I need some Pink Floyd to help it sink in.
Lol! Yep!
This post is timely (no pun intended). I just saw a quote from H. Jackson Brown, Jr. “Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
Really made me stop to think.
Yep! So true. I love that quote. And we all have the same number of hours every day. I often feel like I waste too much of it. Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving a comment, Joan! Glad you enjoyed the post.
I don’t know where I first heard this, but it resonated with me to the point that I repeat it often. “The days are long but the years are short.” Time, to me, is relative and nebulous. How one specific unit can be perceived as slow or fast depending on the action or the direction in which we reflect on it boggles my mind. All I know is, when at the end, it feels like it’s never enough and much of it was wasted.
Lovely poem, Jan. (Reminds me of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” by the Byrds, which came from the Bible… Ecclesiastes, I think.) Quite poignant.
I love that song, Staci!
Me, too.
Love that song by the Byrds, Staci. To every season…My daughter is always saying the days are long, but the years are short. I don’t know where she heard it, but it’s true. Time is relative and depends on what is happening around us. It is rather mind-boggling. I’m glad you enjoyed the poem. Thank you for leaving a comment!
Fantastic poem, Jan, which captures the illusiveness of time perfectly. And, as you say, time doesn’t exist in the way we pretend ?Thanks for sharing your Wednesday Words, Jan ??
I’m glad you enjoyed the poem, Harmony. Time only exists in this illusion, and yet it’s so important to our daily life. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!
Cool!
Thank you, Annette!