Time

Time passes by so fast, yet it can pass by so slow.  We stare at the clock hour by hour in agitation when we are engaged in boring activities, yet we dismiss the whole concept of time when we are having fun.  It is sometimes sad to think about the time we have on this earth, how long ago it was when we were still kids.

Sometimes its exciting to live in the moment, and not know what is just around the corner. But, whatever we do, whatever we say, whatever we experience is just another thing.  We will remember it, if we like it or not; cherish it why don't you, and enjoy it for your life.  Because there is no other time in your life when you can relive those days.

I asked a girl to prom today, she said yes.  I stalked a friend in Mongolia today, it brought nostalgia.  Time waits for no one, even the richest man cannot buy a second back, once written in a Chinese proverb.  We sometimes wish we can live more than 100 years, but is 100 years enough?  We live day by day within those 365 days in one of those years.  A quarter of those years are haunted by memories, good or bad.  Experiences we would do again, not do again.  A majority of our life is filled with conformity: conforming with society.  Having a stable job, doing what you're told to climb the corporate ladder.  Having a family, kids, and waiting for them to grow.  The last quarter of your life is splattered with recalling memories, plans and aspirations, experiences that your old bones cannot handle.

I guess life is great in that way.  One day when everything and one will be gone, except for you.  An obsolete person and you'll think back into the days when you did have energy to do outrageous things, you did have energy to conform and progress upon the ladders of life.  However the mistakes you made, the rewards you received: those memories will follow you forever.