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Writing Challenge — Day 15
Time perception
We keep moving forward with this challenge and I do believe there are still very interesting topics to discuss. Some, I have no idea at the moment, what they will be. Nevertheless, I truly believe they will arrive in my mind for a great content discussion and/or reflection.
Today, the time. One of the most human-forced concepts I believe to exist. Is it necessary? Yes, I can agree with that. And also, I do believe it is our attempt at controlling something that we will always be witnesses of. Because time will pass by, regardless. We count seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, millenniums…
Yet, the only time we really live in is this moment, right now. What went by is part of the past. What is to come, belongs to the future. So, we can count all we want, yet it will serve us only to fulfill a need for certainty that, in reality, is just an illusion.
The Value of Time
So, time is our most precious resource, paired probably only with our energy. Being such a precious good we have, we have to value it more than anything. So I will leave you with some examples of how time partitions may be perceived by different types of people, in different circumstances.
- The value of a year?
Ask a boy or a girl who…
