Mary Kate and Ashley

There used to be a show on back in the day called "So Little Time."  I remember the theme song went something like, "So little time, so much to do, I'd rather spend my days with you."  I'm sure those lyrics aren't exact, and I don't want to feel like a lamewad and look up Olsen twin songs on the Interweb.  So what we're going to do is assume that those are the lyrics and go from there...

I was thinking about the concept of time today.  Not too deeply, fortunately, since if I wanted to write about that we'd be sitting here for hours analyzing the philosophical ramifications of man-made time.  Instead, I was relating time back to the idea that sometimes I feel like I don't have any.  That's in stark contrast to my thoughts that I have too much of it.  How can I balance those two?  I mean, I spent 11 hours at school today, and still didn't have all the time to do everything that I needed to do.  And yet, it's only been 11 hours.  It's felt like 111.  I've had so many thoughts and ideas and misfires zoom into and out of my head that it would seem like there'd be no way I could cram it all into 11 hours. 

That's how life goes though, isn't it?  Things seem so much shorter (or longer) in retrospect.  We always have that perfect vision when we look back on certain events.  We may wish that we had appreciated something more, or taken a different route in a relationship.  Life is so full of twists and turns, and time is a crucial part of it.  What we have at present may seem like it takes forever, but what's in the past flies away from us like Maverick's fighter jet.  Does this make any sense?

It's so insane how moments can seem so long and yet so fleeting.  It's crazy how days can get away from us so quickly and yet be so endless.  If you look back into your longterm memory, you're likely overcome with moments - seconds, really - that personify you and your happiness.  Rarely are you flooded with the minutiae of every day life.  Interesting...

So I guess what I'm saying (if, indeed, I'm saying anything at all) is that we need to embrace those moments.  Don't let them go.  Share them, indulge in them, love them.  They are the fabric of our being.