Time is the Most Valuable and Perishable of All Our Possessions

WARNING: This may seem confusing at times...but you will get through it and understand it by the end...I think, I hope!  Good Luck.

I'm sure everyone has heard the expression, "Time flies when you're having fun!". Well, I have always been a believer of the illustrious quote. And most will agree that staying busy keeps the clock running while sitting idly by in fact does the opposite. After contemplating this theory in depth, I realize that the above aphorism conceivably becomes reversed when time is referenced towards a week or longer. My attempt to explain is as follows.

Normally, when we inundate ourselves in constant activity such as a day of multi-tasking or simply just a day of enjoyment with a good group of friends, time seems to escape us as if it was never present.  On the other hand, as you can imagine, when we are inert, lazy, or especially when we have to wait upon someone or something, time creeps forward at an inchworms pace. At those agonizing moments our patience is tested as well as our ears; Tick Tock Tick Tock Tick Tock.  These examples hold true to the previous quote, "Time flies when you're having fun!"

But it is when we begin to sit stationary for a length of time and start to waste multiple days, that time starts to fly away, and that is when the aphorism becomes reversed.  Because when you waste an entire day, the minutes start to fade into hours, the hours into days, the days into weeks, and the weeks into months.  Now, when you engage in life and keep your body, mind, and spirit active, and involve yourself in the people and things around you; minutes and hours and days and weeks start to become different.  They become memories. And the more memories you make, the longer time stays with you, therefore the slower time passes you by. The slower time passes you by, the more you enjoy it.

Take my situation for example. It's very hard for me to create memories, to create different days and weeks because I can only do so much.  I thought four months of amazing times spent in Glacier Park with amazing people in an amazing place flew by.  In retrospect, the summers lasted pretty long.  Every day was filled with excitement and new adventure. When I look back just upon one summer, it seems like a years worth of memories.  But when I look back on my four months of being sick, it feels more like two months worth of time and memories, because everyday has been the same. Time has perished before my ignorant eyes for I did not value the time wasted. The last two months seemed to fly right from under my feet, exemplifying my theory.   I try and do something a little different day to day, but the weeks still seem to mimic each other, one blending right into the next.  Mondays turn into Fridays, and I feel as though I change my monthly calendar every week. It is odd, this feeling.  This feeling of monotony and lassitude.  Even though I may participate in a different hobby from day to day, it is all the same. I am still on a routine, taking medicine every 4-6 hours, eating at the same time everyday, going to sleep and waking up at the same time everyday, becoming part of my parents routine even. I haven't really ever been on a routine such as this.  Not even during my school age years.  My schedule was always screwed up, whether it was because of sports or hanging out with friends. Before, I was living my life day to day, aware that everyday was going to be different from the next,  and I loved that.

I love the idea of never knowing what's in front of you or what's going to happen from one day to the next.  It's exhilarating not knowing where you're going to end up or who you're going to meet. The notion of living wherever the wind blows is so beautiful and natural.  Living life on the edge...well, its just plain fun, and I love having fun.  So my advice to you, go make a memory today, because one day you won't be able to, and  how many memories will you be able to reflect upon on that day? Go make a memory because time flies when your sitting upon your ass, contrary to what they say, time does not fly while you are having fun.  Time is encapsulated in the memories we make during the fun we have and on the days we waste, time is flying away, and memories, opportunities, and smiles are all wasted. So go have some fun, make a memory, and value the perishable time that we call life.

And remember, we only live once!