There are a thousand glib sayings about time...about how time is the master of our lives, about how not to kill time or it will kill you, etc., etc. But there is one that to me says it all. It was said by Israel Gevant, the greatest, in my mind, unknown philosopher:
"The best time to do something you want to do is when you are alive."
In the misbegotten name of progress, we humans, we of the super-animal intelligence, have enslaved ourselves to Time. We are a clock-driven species. We waken by the clock, we sleep by the clock, we work and eat and play by the clock. We have come to generally agree that now is not the right time to do this, you must wait for the right time, the best time, the only time.
When we bought into the Industrial Revolution for the benefits it promised, we paid for them with the currency they were not worth: our time. Don't want to work today? But you must or you will lose your job...that is, your freedom to choose how to spend the time of your life. And without the job, what have you? Our ancient forebears were smart. They had no jobs, other than to go out and do their hunting/gathering thing when they wanted to, with whom they wanted to, where they wanted to, for as long as they wanted to. The common denominator: wanted to. How many people want to go to work? I have often wondered why primitive tribes dance and chant a lot, and seem happy with so little. Error. They have a lot...of time to do what they want to do.
Unshackle your life from the bondage of time...and begin to enjoy the time of your life.
"The best time to do something you want to do is when you are alive."
In the misbegotten name of progress, we humans, we of the super-animal intelligence, have enslaved ourselves to Time. We are a clock-driven species. We waken by the clock, we sleep by the clock, we work and eat and play by the clock. We have come to generally agree that now is not the right time to do this, you must wait for the right time, the best time, the only time.
When we bought into the Industrial Revolution for the benefits it promised, we paid for them with the currency they were not worth: our time. Don't want to work today? But you must or you will lose your job...that is, your freedom to choose how to spend the time of your life. And without the job, what have you? Our ancient forebears were smart. They had no jobs, other than to go out and do their hunting/gathering thing when they wanted to, with whom they wanted to, where they wanted to, for as long as they wanted to. The common denominator: wanted to. How many people want to go to work? I have often wondered why primitive tribes dance and chant a lot, and seem happy with so little. Error. They have a lot...of time to do what they want to do.
Unshackle your life from the bondage of time...and begin to enjoy the time of your life.
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