Whether it's from the Steve Miller song, or the Futurama episode, we keep on hearing that time is slippin', slippin', slippin', into the future.
We've also heard that 'Time Waits For No Man' (although it might be more patient with Women.)
Then again, we've heard that 'Time Is On My Side', and also on 'Your Side', so maybe we aren't in such dire temporal straights. Only Time Will Tell.
Whether Time isn't Waiting or is On Our Side, we can all agree that it is slipping away, although exactly what is meant by 'away' is debatable by some scientists and all Freshman Physics majors.
For me personally, Time has sped up to the point I am constantly surprised by where I am NOW as opposed to where I just was WHEN. My NOWs are becoming extremely short-lived, to the point I feel I'm in that scene in Mel Brook's 'Spaceballs' (watch it for yourself, I'm not telling ...). I barely have any time to savor my SOONs before they become NOWs and then WHENs. Sheesh!
But perhaps that is a function of age. Maybe all you kids out there think your NOWs are plenty long enough to savor and your SOONs over the horizon far enough to enjoy the anticipation. Time may not be slippin' for you as much as, well, unfolding. Time may indeed be On Your Side.
If so, I am here to remind you that this is just an illusion. Time is passing, no matter the apparent speed, and with it we see crucial actions not taken, critical needs unmet, and opportunities ignored and lost. Maybe with us 'elder generationals' the faster perceived slippage of Time makes us more acutely sensitive to its wastage.
High Time, then, for everyone to take Time and its passing more seriously - and I'm speaking to YOU Mr. President and Your Congressional Sparring Partners. You are all old enough to sense that Time truly is slippin', slippin', slippin' ...
We've also heard that 'Time Waits For No Man' (although it might be more patient with Women.)
Then again, we've heard that 'Time Is On My Side', and also on 'Your Side', so maybe we aren't in such dire temporal straights. Only Time Will Tell.
Whether Time isn't Waiting or is On Our Side, we can all agree that it is slipping away, although exactly what is meant by 'away' is debatable by some scientists and all Freshman Physics majors.
For me personally, Time has sped up to the point I am constantly surprised by where I am NOW as opposed to where I just was WHEN. My NOWs are becoming extremely short-lived, to the point I feel I'm in that scene in Mel Brook's 'Spaceballs' (watch it for yourself, I'm not telling ...). I barely have any time to savor my SOONs before they become NOWs and then WHENs. Sheesh!
But perhaps that is a function of age. Maybe all you kids out there think your NOWs are plenty long enough to savor and your SOONs over the horizon far enough to enjoy the anticipation. Time may not be slippin' for you as much as, well, unfolding. Time may indeed be On Your Side.
If so, I am here to remind you that this is just an illusion. Time is passing, no matter the apparent speed, and with it we see crucial actions not taken, critical needs unmet, and opportunities ignored and lost. Maybe with us 'elder generationals' the faster perceived slippage of Time makes us more acutely sensitive to its wastage.
High Time, then, for everyone to take Time and its passing more seriously - and I'm speaking to YOU Mr. President and Your Congressional Sparring Partners. You are all old enough to sense that Time truly is slippin', slippin', slippin' ...
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