We Have No Time...Lies.

About 2 months ago, I was sitting on the train thinking about time. Actually, I was wondering how it passed so fast while I was at the Pig n’ Whistle on a Tuesday night and why I was on the train at 1am. My facebook status that night was:
Sometimes time outruns us. And sometimes we run out of time whether it’s by choice or whether another makes that choice for us.

I thought about how we don’t have any control over time but WE choose how to spend the time we do have. Sometimes we give too much time to things and people we shouldn’t and other times we don’t give enough. For anyone who’s had someone they know pass away, the question of time always looms in the back of your mind: Did I spend enough time with them? Should I have given more? I wish I had more time.

Time passes so quickly that we don’t even notice, which is why we don’t actively make good use of it. Sometimes we even say “I don’t have time for that”. That’s a lie. We have time, we just don’t want to give it to that particular thing. I caught myself recently and had to give myself a talking to. I was thinking about a man I met a couple of weeks ago. We were supposed to meet for coffee (a date, I suppose. Do people even do that anymore?) Anyway, our wires got crossed (thank you, technology) and it never happened. Ball was in my court. I could’ve called him back but I told myself that I didn’t have time (it truly was a very hectic week) but it was bullshit. And I called myself on it.

We’re liars. All of us. “Lack of Time” is the excuse we give when we are scared. Scared that doing something may turn out to be what we believe is a ‘waste of our time’ if it doesn’t go according to what we plan it to be. There is no such thing. Every moment is a lesson, every event is an experience. No time to do the dishes? Bullshit. I’m sure you sat through Lady Gaga’s newest video for 9 minutes and 32 seconds. That was precious dishwashing time.

Once the 24th hour of the day is up, it is followed by more time. And a new day. And continues for longer than any of us ever will. As I’m writing this, Keane’s song ‘She Has No Time’ played on my ipod. The chorus states “she says she has no time for you now/she says she has no time”. Ouch, officially burned. She should just be honest and tell him that she doesn’t want to make the effort to create time for this poor guy. I guess he’ll get over it…eventually…we all do.

So go ahead. Right now. Make time for those things you claim to have no time for. Do it now before it’s too late because the only thing that will run out of time is YOU. Maybe I’ll even go ahead and call the dude…if he even chooses to pick up at this point. If he doesn’t, at least I learned something.