TIME TRIP
How time flies when . . . Time is a total trip . . . Will tomorrow ever . . .
There are clocks and watches, and phones that tell the time. They even tell me when to wake up — if I ask them to. And they’ll tell me to wake up with alarm clock sounds, rooster sounds, music, and any number of other noises. So — depending on what’s happening tomorrow, I decide what time to set my phone/alarm clock function.
Funny thing is — time is about the only constant in our lives. We can’t control it; we can’t change it. Time is its own boss. We have to live within its constraints and demands — not the other way around.
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I remember when my uncle-in-law retired from his career job; he was a union man. My aunt told us that they conducted a ritual. He held the trash liner of the waste basket open; she dropped the alarm clock in. After that — they went to sleep when they were tired, got up when they woke up, and ate when they were hungry. I always thought that was a great decision for them to make.
I keep an old-fashioned calendar where I write down events and appointments as I make them. Date — time — place — address, if needed. Sometimes I supplement the calendar with little post-it notes, with details of a calendared event. My calendars from the past few years are good sources of information and kind of a chronicle of my life — and the changes in my life. I checked an old calendar today, to see if I had missed a wedding anniversary; I had.
I have noticed that time seems to be passing by at a very fast pace. I mean, it’s almost time for Cinco de Mayo. What happened to Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s? Kids grow up; I grow old. It always seemed like we would have time to do some things we didn’t have to do. Maybe that’s the key. Time is flying; time is a total trip! Time is the ultimate trip.
“Nothing ages as fast as the future.” Stanislaw Lem
