IT'S ABOUT TIME

It’s about Time

What do we all have that we wish we had more of? Time. What does time mean to you?

There are so many ways of looking at time. I see it as a flowing, something that I can’t control that sweeps over my life and is replaced by new time, or next time, a fresh start, a new day.

Time is so important that we weave it daily into our words, our sayings, our lives.

It’s about time = why has it taken you so long or where have you been or you finally realized something that maybe we hoped you’d figure out sooner.

It’s a matter of time or only a matter of time = we expect something to happen soon, very soon. And maybe it’s not a good thing.

Time and time again = over and over, something repeated often.

A moment = more than a minute, a small amount of time.

A moment’s time = happening soon, quickly, or in a short time frame.

Time’s a wasting = better get moving, get a move on, running out of time, going to be late.

Time’s up = no more time, it’s over, finished.

Poor timing = not the best time, not the right time for something.

In time, in due time = it will happen in the course of events, when it’s time.

As time goes by = the passing of time, recognizing that time flows on.

As fleeting as time = we can’t hold on to time. It comes and goes, as are other things in life, like our youth.

And so on and so on. Time marks our daily lives. We’re on time or behind time, early or late. We can’t stretch time. We try to save time, but we cannot. We are powerless in the face of the relentless march of time. We grow old. We lose our youth.

And yet, I’ve had the experience of s-l-o-w-e-d down time. One afternoon my daughter and I were in the living room, she on the phone reading or watching something and I was on my computer, reading or watching something, when we both noticed that time seemed to be running slow. We double-checked the clocks and the time was accurate, but it had seemed to take l-o-n-g-e-r to get through the afternoon. Nice slowing of time, a respite from fast-paced life.

But at other times, time roars on by and there’s no time to do anything. It just spins on by as fast as it can.

Then there’s cumulative time—the passing of the years. Why just yesterday my child was an infant. And a few years back, I was young, too. So much has changed over time.

Don’t you wish you could stop the clock, push back against the flow of time, even go back in time? Hence the wide appeal of time travel in books, movies, and TV shows. What is that about? Seeking lost times, reliving good times, going back and “fixing” the past?

But we can’t go back in time, except in memory, and that might not be trustworthy. We can’t fix the past. Would that we could. Oh, except for authors who can fix their own pasts by writing about it, changing it for the happy outcome wished for that didn’t happen. The perfect marriage. The idyllic childhood. Even taking back the words and actions that changed our lives.

When we wish people happy birthday, happy new year, have a good weekend, or bon voyage, we’re hoping that time and circumstance will be good to them, and to us in turn.

Penelope Anne Cole
Multi-Award Winning Author of Magical Matthew, Magical Mea,
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