The mortality clock – a losing battle or once in a lifetime opportunity?


How often do we look back at a period of time and wonder how or why it went so quickly? I am sure we have all uttered the phrases that go along the lines of “where did the time go” or “I wish I had more time” on various occasions whether it is with reference to a weekend, holiday or day at work.


Also does it sometimes feel that when you would like as much time as possible the faster it goes – a good example perhaps being a holiday or time spent with loved ones?


Should we really be surprised though; time goes quickly because it should – it is diminishing by its very nature. Whilst we may not like to think about it too much we all have a limited amount of time in our days, weeks, months, years and, dare I say it, lives. We can sometimes forget that once a certain period of time has gone you can never change it or get it back again.


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I think deep down we all understand that time is a precious commodity but do we still take it for granted? How many times do we put something off because we can “leave it for another day” or “worry about it later”? Delaying some things in life is


not going to cause problems; how many of us have left the washing up for the next day without any dire repercussions!?


However, and in all seriousness, have there been moments in life when you look back and think “I wish I had...”. For most people the biggest regrets can sadly be the ones that hurt the most. For example, at some point most of us


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will come to grips with losing a loved family member or friend; sometimes it can be expected, other times very tragically not.


When these individuals are gone from your life, how do you remember them? I would suggest that we remember them from the moments we spent with them. So in this context, how important looking back is it that we try to spend as much time with our loved ones as possible, bearing in mind that memories are simply “moments in time”. If you do not take the time to create these “moments” then what memories could you be left with? Do we often forget about these core values in the hectic day to day lives that we lead?


So why do we still take time for granted? The answer I believe is because we do not like facing up to our own mortality.


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