Time Is Running Out

Now that Thanksgiving day has passed, Christmas is right around the corner. Then, before the blink of an eye, the new year will arrive. As time runs out for the year 2016, we would be wise to slow down and consider the past months and year. 

Much has changed; a new president elect has been voted into the white house. Changes in the world governments have been abundant. Beyond this, you may find yourself a changed individual. Maybe you have brought a new life into this world, maybe you have said goodbye to another life, maybe you have traveled to places you never thought you would go, maybe you did not experience as much change as you  had hoped. Regardless of your circumstance, regardless of your experience this past year, there is still time to change. 

We sometimes curse time. It seems to go so fast when we look in the past and so slow as we consider our dreams before us. One thing is certain, although time is running out for this year, we can make the time that we have count. Yes, one thing we all have in common is the existence of time and our being bound to it. 

I came across a quote very recently that states, "time changes everyone." What an interesting and true statement. What a privilege we have in being restricted and bound to time. Through the passing of time, we are able to let go of things that have happened, through the presence of time, we are able to capitalize on the moment before us, and in the time to come, we are able to prepare for greater things.

These three phases that are every growing and ever repeating seem to pass through us while we pass through them. Indeed, time changes us as the second hand on the clock changes from the one to the two.