Here’s a cliché for you:
Time stopped!
Here’s the current reality…given the common understanding of
what time is. It would be impossible for time to stop. It probably would have catastrophic
consequences if it did!
Think about it. Almost
everything you can think of has some relationship with the tick, tock
progression of time.
Time—that nonspatial continuum from the past; to the
present; and on into the future. In a
word, time is inexorable.
So, why is it we even think in terms of trying to stop time
or, to put that another way, capturing “time in a bottle?”
I think it is about gaining a sense of control over the
progression of our lives. We don’t want
to lose it! We want to keep it and especially when it comes to those heartfelt
moments in life that seem so fleeting.
How often do you reflect with longing on “time in a bottle”
moments from you past?
Things like your first of anything…date, kiss, dance, movie,
road trip, “A” grade, girl or boy friend and on and on. As you reflect, you are emotionally tugged to
try and recapture the magic of those moments.
You don’t want to lose them! You
want to keep them!
Here’s your problem, however.
If you actually could stop time in those moments, you would
be, in effect, trapped in them. You
would have put a cage around your life, and you would not be able to escape to
your future.
Would you really want that to happen?
Put that in perspective.
Think about just one of that magic, “time in a bottle,” moments from
your deep past. Got it in your
mind?
Do you feel it?
Now, think ahead from that moment and remember three of the
most magical, “time in a bottle” moments since then. Do you see them in your mind’s eye?
Do you feel them deep in your heart?
Okay. Would you want
to sacrifice experiencing those three additional moments because you stopped
time and caged your life in that earlier moment? I think not!
Given those experiences, here is what is likely to happen to
you as you refuse to be trapped in the cage of the past. Your tick, tock progress along the non-spatial
continuum (time) of your life will deliver ever more magical moments.
If you wouldn’t want to miss the experience of the three
moments you just remembered, think about those that are yet to come!
Yes, time in a bottle has a romantic ring to it when you
think about it as that moment you wish you could have back and live in forever.
Here’s how to think outside of that cage, however, and still
enjoy the rest of your life experiences.
Enjoy those “time in a bottle” moments! Don’t deny them or try to suppress them! They are part of what makes you who you are.
On the other hand, don’t obsess and live in them. Reflect on them and smile or cry; capture
what they taught you; and use that knowledge as you continue to enjoy the
present and your future.
Using that progression of thinking and action, will allow
you not only some “time in a bottle” but “time on a magic carpet” to an
unlimited future.
What is a key thing you have learned from
a “time in a bottle” moment that helps you focus regarding “time on a magic
carpet” to your future?
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Thank
you.
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