Time

I have been thinking a lot lately about the concept of "time." There are many different quotes or sayings out there about time: Time is of the essence... Time heals all wounds... Just give it time... It's TIME!  That last one is especially prevalent to me just because I picture myself telling Marcus, "it's time", when our little one is ready to enter the world. I personally know that I have either heard the various sayings above, or have said them myself at one point. These quotes, over time, have gently and carefully come into our lives by the experiences we have encountered.
I find myself asking a few questions about time. For instance, how is time supposed to heal all wounds? When we go through something tragic and we feel like we cannot pick ourselves up and dust off, the quote "just give it time" or "time will tell" doesn't mean much to us. But, IN TIME, we begin to understand that things happen for a reason, and our clarity isn't so clouded anymore.
Another question that comes to mind is, why do our lives revolve around time? It seems people are either waiting around for something to happen, or have such packed schedules that time consumes us. I feel like time can be either positive or negative depending on how we choose to look at it.. or react to it. We can either decide that time is a positive by believing time does heal all wounds - or time may help us with the trials and tribulations we are going through... or we can decide that time is a negative by choosing to have it take over our life. We need to remember that life is a constant guessing game. We would be much better off if we understood that life is not always going to go as planned, or according to "time." For example, I knew that Marcus and I were going to eventually have children. Did I think that we would have a baby due 14 months after we got married? NO! Did I hope to be in my job for at LEAST one year, before we even thought about trying to have a child? YES! You see my point? We can't plan for life... which in turn to me, means we can't have time take over our lives. Time affects our lives in so many ways, and because of that, we need to try and accept things as they come.. and when they come.

“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't

own it, but you can use it. You can't keep

it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it

you can never get it back.”

“Life is all about timing... the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable become available, the unattainable... attainable. Have the patience, wait it out It's all about timing.”

“Don’t count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.”