Since the dawn of mankind we have been obsessed with time. Thousands of man years have been dedicated to building giant Stone structures to measure the passage of time and predict the seasons.
For Millennia we have been able to predict the time of the next Solar Eclipse or the return of a comet.
OK some of the reasons for this obsession was that we needed to keep track of the seasons for both the planting and harvesting of crops, to follow the migration of birds and animal herds on which our food and ultimate survival depended.
But some of the need was purely our desire to understand and ultimately try to control our destiny by predicting the future - these poor misguided uncivilised peoples !
But have we really changed or progressed that much ? Most of us have asked our Consultant at one time or another - what is my prognosis ?
We have the desire to know our destiny - but why ? We cannot change it !
Its not the quantity of time we have that is important but the quality and what we do with time that counts.
Albert Einstein, an undoubted genius, spent many years working on and refining his theory of relativity. - Its to complex for me but it seems time is relative to speed and position - all he really needed was to ask someone with Cancer. Time is relative to us all !!.
I was given a prediction ( best guess !) 2 years ago - which to me was about a couple of weeks ago. So still got ages then ?
The young Girl who has fought and beaten Cancer finds a lump and its going to be 4 week before she gets the results - how long is that in Human time !
The carer of a loved one that is told it is only a matter of hours - watching a loved one suffer lasts an eternity.
The Carer who has lost someone and is reassured things will get better in time !
Not really sure what I am trying to achieve with this post - maybe just confirm I am confused and hurt by how little we can actually do to help each other and maybe how unimportant the minor irritations in life are in comparision.
We can offer love, Hugs and support to each other - but we cannot give more time when that is what is needed
Lets not loose sight of today wondering what tomorrow may bring
Love and Hugs to all
John xx
