Time, Move on By

   Ever wonder why time only moves forward? Actually does it even move at all?

   In our minds we remember things that happened in the past - maybe from childhood, teen years, or even just yesterday. At least we remember our own personal version of it.

   As for events we weren’t involved in, we remember what we read or heard about it - someone’s interpretation of the events.

   Time passed - we moved on.

   We consider time as always moving forward to the future. It can’t be stopped. Future is only an idea, a dream, a possibility. It is not a reality until it happens.

   So does this mean time actually moves? It advances, it progresses. It is active. It is in motion - or is it? Aren’t we the people, the animals, the plants, the weather what is in motion?

   Did nature invent the clock? No, humans did. Setting up seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, years - in marking time. Humans try to own time: they set it, pay you for it or dock it from your pay (!), give it to you, make the time, structure time.

   Nature just moves at its own pace, recognizing what is within, without, interacting all around, to create anew. And when it no longer can sustain life, nature allows dissolution. Regardless of time.

   There is timeless wonder in God’s creation. Theresa M.

                                                  

                      "Time hurry by, carry me home

                       don't take too long

                       knowing I know the way better

                       this time, move on by..."

                            Paul Parrish, lyrics to "Time
                               (on Helen Reddy 1971 album)