Have you ever sat back and imagined what the world would be like without the structure of years, months, days, hours, and minutes? What if we didn't have names for the days of the week or for the months of the year? What if all we understood was that there is day, there is night, and that we are ever growing older until we reach the point of death? What if time didn't have such a huge role in our lives or dictate our action?
I think there is something to be said about the stressfulness of being a time oriented culture, but to live without a structured time measurement...we are lost.
That is all that I think time is though. A measurement I do not think that tine itself has substance to it nor that it is ever possible to time travel. I have heard it said that it has been done by simply orbiting the earth fast enough. That would imply that time and the rotation of the earth are some how connected. This, to me, doesn't make much sense. But I am not a scientist or a time philosopher so my opinion in this particular matter is of no value.
Here's where my words do have some value. I have had the privilege of traveling to various other countries and seen life through the eyes of others who are not so time oriented as Americans and some Western cultures. What I found was that life was much more relaxing, I had more energy, I was less stressed, and so on and so forth. To live free of any concept of time would be unhealthy for humanity in that there would be a great deal of inefficiency and life would be chaotic.
It is impossible for us to live without this structure. If our current one was erased from the minds of every human...then another one would be formed soon enough.
We cannot, however, live in such a way that we are counting every minute or in a way that our time is spent is legalistic in nature.
There is a lot to take in consideration in this matter. Things like priorities, professionalism, and mental health. I think that there is too much to understand. In fact, this topic is hardly worth the time it took you to read it. The point is this. Time is too short to be worrying about time. Use it to enhance your life, but don't let it rule your life. I hope this gives you something to think about...but don't spend too much time on :)
May the Author of Time give you peace,
Stephen
I think there is something to be said about the stressfulness of being a time oriented culture, but to live without a structured time measurement...we are lost.
That is all that I think time is though. A measurement I do not think that tine itself has substance to it nor that it is ever possible to time travel. I have heard it said that it has been done by simply orbiting the earth fast enough. That would imply that time and the rotation of the earth are some how connected. This, to me, doesn't make much sense. But I am not a scientist or a time philosopher so my opinion in this particular matter is of no value.
Here's where my words do have some value. I have had the privilege of traveling to various other countries and seen life through the eyes of others who are not so time oriented as Americans and some Western cultures. What I found was that life was much more relaxing, I had more energy, I was less stressed, and so on and so forth. To live free of any concept of time would be unhealthy for humanity in that there would be a great deal of inefficiency and life would be chaotic.
It is impossible for us to live without this structure. If our current one was erased from the minds of every human...then another one would be formed soon enough.
We cannot, however, live in such a way that we are counting every minute or in a way that our time is spent is legalistic in nature.
There is a lot to take in consideration in this matter. Things like priorities, professionalism, and mental health. I think that there is too much to understand. In fact, this topic is hardly worth the time it took you to read it. The point is this. Time is too short to be worrying about time. Use it to enhance your life, but don't let it rule your life. I hope this gives you something to think about...but don't spend too much time on :)
May the Author of Time give you peace,
Stephen
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