Time……
Its ebb and flow.
It washes over us mostly unnoticed until we are in need of more of it, or until like a small child, it will not pass fast enough as we wait in anticipation of something exciting and magical.
It can be a thief, stealing our youth and the lives of those we love away.
It can be a beggar as it willfully seems to stand on our doorstep watching suffering and despair, continuously wanting more before finally continuing on.
It can be a gift allowing us a lifetime to spend with family and loved ones. or an opportunity to begin anew.
It can pass over while we sleep so silently that it goes unnoticed until we mark it with a milestone.
We have no control over time itself for it is not tangible though we try to make it so.
We wish it away, we wish it to come, we wish it over, we wish for more.
Time dances on. It does not stop to savor the joy or speed up to hurry through the pain.
Somehow, time in its non-capturable way passes over us with the rising and setting of the sun and, if we are lucky, we are changed by it.
For as sure as time moves on, time brings with it all that we are and all that we become.
Time will surely bring joy and laughter as it will bring sorrow and tears. It will bring defeat and triumph. Time will bring love. It will bring light and it will bring darkness.
It has no guarantee of balance or length – nor of its quality.
However, time is yours to do with it what you will. Strive to find as much peace in your time as you possibly can and fill it with love.
