When you are having fun.....

     I have said it myself on occasion, I have heard it said many times just in the past several weeks, especially from the kids as they return to school. “My how the time does fly!” Now we know that time does not fly. It moves at a sixty second per minute pace, but it just seems that when you are doing something that you enjoy, it seems to pass by at a very rapid 'clip.'

     As I often do, the notion of 'time flying' peaked my curiosity, so I thought I would do a bit of research to its origin. Much to my surprise there was not much information available about 'flying time' except in relation to the often endless minutes spent flying in an airplane. Near the top of the list of my search was the history of the expression about “go fly a kite.” Maybe there was a message there for me.

     What I did discover are the seeming endless comments about time, hundreds of them. So I thought I would pull out a few to share, along with the name of the person to whom they are credited.

   “Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.”    Lao Tzu

   What a great excuse. If you don't want to do something, just say that you don't have time!! I need to remember that. The boss tells you to do something....sorry I don't have the time right now!

   “One day spent with someone you love can change everything. Mitch Albom

   This may not be specifically about minutes or seconds, but it's a nice thought and sentiment about life.

   “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”      Dr. Seuss

   This probably summarizes they way many of us feel and leave it to the good Dr Seuss to put it into words for us.

   “Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.”

Ray Cummings,

   Actually, I think this make a great deal of sense, don't you?

   And to credit one of our own from Maine......

   “Time takes it all, whether you want it to or not.”     Stephen King

   “Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal broken arms or legs.”    Jim Henson

    Now this one has a bit of special meaning for me right now, not a broken heart or leg but a bit of knee surgery. Doc.....will this every heal? I missed the tryouts this year for tight end with the New England Patriots and the Boston Celtics have been calling  to see if I am ready to play point guard. (Like that would ever happen!)

   “A man who waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life'    Charles Darwin,

     I like this one. I wonder if it applies to going outside to cut the lawn? Maybe I should consider hiring someone to come cut the grass.Then again, maybe it's not a waste of time. It allows me to get to know my lawn mower better. 

   “Time spent with a cat is never wasted.” Colette

   Got to think about this one for a minute. Now if it had been a dog.......

   “Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.” Hans Christian Andersen

   Hmm. An interesting way to look at it, don't you think?

   “Lost time is never found again” Benjamin Franklin

   Leave it to Uncle Ben  to state the obvious. He usually did.

   We all have, at some point, thought about time...  how quickly it sometimes passes or maybe, how slowly. But without a doubt, everyone has an opinion about time and if you don't, maybe it's time you did. 

   Perhaps William Penn sums it up best......“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

OK. Time to move on.  :)