'Normal Is So YESTERDAY!'s Time Challenge!

by kells

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You want to know why people have such a hard time of coming up with the definition of “time” in the first place?

Because there isn’t one.

Cats and worms and trees and starfish don’t worry about years or hours or weeks or minutes…have you noticed that? Humans are the only ones that have watches and calendars. We came up with a sense of time (even if only vaguely defined) to further feed that sense of purpose that we all strive for. We wouldn’t be happy to just exist, without any sense of moving forward. The human race is all about progress – going further, being better, evolving. It’s just another tool to measure our accomplishments: the quickest, the fastest, the longest.

Yeah, sure, you may argue we need time to keep appointments and that sort of thing, but in case you haven’t noticed, there are quite a few societies around the world living without our rigid time structure. Although, I suppose, if purpose is one aspect that humans love, another would be precision.

Who needs time?

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  1. 'Normal Is So YESTERDAY!'s Time Challenge!

    Tad Winslow's Buddy Icon Tad Winslow

    Posted 6 months ago

    I’m late for everything, so I’m with you. But then again what kind of a world would we live in without time in our conscience? Would motivation exist? Would it be like, well, I’ve got a lifetime to re shingle the roof, get to work, write this paper, finish school—so let’s focus on only what I want to do now. I guess if that were the case the people who want to succeed would, and others could be happy with who they really were, or unhappy with themsleves…. ahh, am I making sense anymore? This is deep.

  2. 'Normal Is So YESTERDAY!'s Time Challenge!

    kells' Buddy Icon kells

    Posted 6 months ago

    And such is the point of this ‘definition,’ so to speak. Just to sit there and make you think, have your mind go in circles =)

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