Time

Time can be a puzzle. Some days, time goes by so fast the day is over in a blink, other days it drags in never-ending monotony. I’m not sure why, but I think it may have something to do with my moods, or interests, or accomplishments for the day. And the effect of time can also be puzzling. I’ve always thought it interesting that some things like grown trees—oaks, olives, or redwoods—are not visibly affected by time, yet our human bodies constantly change as years go by. And time can change our perspective. How many of us who were idealistic in our youth, and skeptical at middle age, have become tolerant and mellow in our older years. And how many of our emotions are affected by time. Things that initially made us frightfully nervous or emotional, later couldn’t raise our blood pressure one point. I suppose all these things can be explained psychologically, but I prefer to attribute them to time.