This really resonated with me

Ronni said:
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It's such an intriguing quote.

Timepieces have fascinated me all my life.

Something to think about...

We spend so much of our lives living around time... looking at wall clocks, wrist watches, asking others what time it is, accomplishing deadlines within a time-frame, racing against the clock when running behind schedule, setting up dates and appointments to coincide with a specific time-frame, yet time plays no part in our lives as far as health or happiness goes, aside from time itself, where aging and changes take place naturally within a measured period, nor does time change the course of who were are or who we become.

Yet for a majority of us, we surround ourselves with all sorts of timepieces... wall clocks, wrist watches, grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, alarm clocks, and we live our lives so closely around such instruments, never knowing what time holds for us exactly.
 
Aunt Marg said:
It's such an intriguing quote.

Timepieces have fascinated me all my life.

Something to think about...

We spend so much of our lives living around time... looking at wall clocks, wrist watches, asking others what time it is, accomplishing deadlines within a time-frame, racing against the clock when running behind schedule, setting up dates and appointments to coincide with a specific time-frame, yet time plays no part in our lives as far as health or happiness goes, aside from time itself, where aging and changes take place naturally within a measured period, nor does time change the course of who were are or who we become.

Yet for a majority of us, we surround ourselves with all sorts of timepieces... wall clocks, wrist watches, grandfather clocks, mantle clocks, alarm clocks, and we live our lives so closely around such instruments, never knowing what time holds for us exactly.
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@Aunt Marg I am someone whose life is ruled by time. What time I get up, eat breakfast, shower and dress etc is determined by what time I have my first client, and how much time I spend there is determined by my second appointment. What time I wrap up is determined by when I need to be home or what personal appointment I have after work (medical, dental, errands I need to run etc).

Weekend time slots are determined by what Ron or I need to accomplish, what time this store or that business closes, what time the kids are coming over or when we need to be there etc.

Time management is for me a fundamental part of my life currently.

I’ve said it here before, heaven for me would be to NEVER have to look at a clock again. 💕 The favorite part of any vacation or getaway for me is the luxury of not needing or having to know what time it is!!

And even though, as you so astutely point out, time has no bearing whatever on our health or happiness, perhaps the fact of the uncertainty of how much time we have left, that we have zero control over that...perhaps that’s what compels some to account for every second. 🤷‍♀️
 
Ronni said:
@Aunt Marg I am someone whose life is ruled by time. What time I get up, eat breakfast, shower and dress etc is determined by what time I have my first client, and how much time I spend there is determined by my second appointment. What time I wrap up is determined by when I need to be home or what personal appointment I have after work (medical, dental, errands I need to run etc).

Weekend time slots are determined by what Ron or I need to accomplish, what time this store or that business closes, what time the kids are coming over or when we need to be there etc.

I’ve said it here before, heaven for me would be to NEVER have to look at a clock again. 💕 The favorite part of any vacation or getaway for me is the luxury of not needing or having to know what time it is!!

And even though, as you so astutely point out, time has no bearing whatever on our health or happiness, perhaps the fact of the uncertainty of how much time we have left, that we have zero control over that...perhaps that’s what compels some to account for every second. 🤷‍♀️
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My dream is your dream, Ronni, being able to run my life around not worrying what time it is, though as a fulltime homemaker I don't pay much attention to time in general.

The ironic part of timepieces, particularly those that emit a soothing, relaxing tick-tock sound such as grandfather clocks, is that they really have a way of turning the whole time thing upside down, because on one-hand, we yearn to free ourselves from the hands of time, yet on the other-hand, we are drawn-in by the almost hypnotizing sound, a sound that In speaking for myself, calms and comforts me.
 
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