Lost Time

           Time is such a precious thing.  A couple weeks ago I lost time, well, I lost my watch actually.  I looked everywhere that made sense (and a few places that didn’t), and because I was house-sitting I had multiple locations to comb through.  I began faithfully wearing a watch about a year ago so I would not need to be dependent on my phone as my time keeper.  I gave up looking for my watch after about a week, but the habit of glancing down at my empty wrist was going to be a hard one to break.  But, time turned up again, wedged between the dryer and laundry-room wall; still intact, and still ticking.  My best guess is I stuck my watch in a coat pocket, and it fell out before actually making it into the washing machine.  So, once again I am willingly shackled to my watch. 

          I know for a fact time is constant, but depending on how life is going time seems to speed up or slow down.  I remember the agony of waiting for time to go by as a kid; waiting for events to start, waiting for friends to arrive, and waiting for holidays pushed my patience to the max.  Now I face the opposite problem, time is going by so quickly!  I have never been a big fan of birthdays, just one more year to add to my age.  But with 24 quickly closing in, and a few silver threads showing up in my brown mane, I am feeling a bit more time conscious.  I have experienced enough loss to realize how precious time is and how easily it can be taken away.  I hate wasting time (and I am pretty blunt about vocalizing when I believe things/people are wasting my time), but I also know we should not race through life so busy we forget to stop and actually enjoy it.

          So, as I tack on another year, I am adding a new resolution to my life list, make time a friend.  Recently time had become an unwanted enemy always moving too fast or too slow for my liking; no more!  Whether I like it or not, time is a constant companion, so I need to call a truce and stop fighting with it.  After all, fighting time is such a waste of time!