Time. It’s such a powerful word. What is the first thing your mind jumps to when you think of the word time? Did I just remind you that you are about to be late for a doctor’s appointment? Did you think of someone and consider how long it would take to reach them? You could have also thought of Times Magazine but who knows I don’t have the ability to jump into another’s mind, (although that would be pretty neat wouldn’t it?). You could of considered how much time you have until you graduate or when that one special person in your life will finally reveal their feelings to you. Time so often passes us by. At some point in our lives when we were very young time seemed frozen. It seemed like one could be fully present as time slowly or quickly passed us by. Those moments just sitting in the grass rolling around like a kid would do, do you think in that moment you were thinking about time? Probably not. It’s something that almost starts out invisible to us and as we grow old we slowly start to recognize what time looks like. Time looks like a wrinkle on ones face. Time looks like a sun diving into the ground telling the world another day has ended and another day will soon begin.

It is so often that as we grow old we reach for time, and try to catch it. Once we’ve finally got a hold of time we try to balance, and then eventually it slips away from us again. With every day that passes by I question who I am as well as what I believe in. I critically review what has made me who I am and who has shaped me to be the woman I’ve become. And in all this pondering about where I fit into the world, it keeps spinning madly on, and time slips by yet again.

For me time teaches values and I believe this is true for others as well. Time teaches me that the longer you have it the faster it will pass, so value who you have in you life as they may slip away and be given to the hands of time. Love those who don’t have love because for them they may want time to stop altogether. Cherish those who love you for who you are because those are the ones that time ends up pushing together. If you find those people, consider yourself lucky indeed. Lastly, value those who are different from you, because they teach you things you never could have learned otherwise, those people are true gems.

Time has control over many things but don’t ever let it control you. Take this moment and hold onto it with all you have. Breathe in this air with every fiber of your being. Gaze in awe at the sunrise and the sunset and the light of the stars because those are real life miracles. And remember, if you can find who you are and be that person in a world full of people who may try to change you, time was never wasted. Find out what is important to you and stick with it. Love every moment here and spread that love along the way. And if you can manage to remain true to yourself you have seized the day my friend.