STREET DOGS

Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour.

And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralysing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

As mankind grew obsessed with its hours, the sorrow of lost time became a permanent hole in the human heart. People fretted over missed chances, inefficient days; they worried constantly about how long they would live, because counting life’s moments had led, inevitably, to counting them down.

Once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied. There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day.

The joy of living between sunrises was gone. Understand the consequences of counting the moments. – Mitch Albom

Time and effort can get you anything you want in the world. But nothing in the world can get you more time. — Matt Fox

One commodity that we have been afforded by the current lockdown is [a pause in] time … It has been refreshing to take a step back and think about what is important. We will overcome this pandemic. Work and school will resume and we will soon look back and see this as a transitory event.

In the meantime, take this time to eat dinner, do puzzles, laugh, engage, take hikes — whether you are in lockdown alone or with your immediate family — enjoy the privilege of this abundance of quality time. The intrinsic value of this pause on normal life is infinite. — Robert Robotti

When you understand the value of time, the resource and the wealth of time, you will be running away from the crowd.

— Sunday Adelaja