Flying time

by Ruth Isenberg

Spring started early. And like a spring, it released its energy rapidly. Flowers appeared almost out of nowhere. For a change, they were not immediately hit with a killing frost. The grass sprang up, and thanks to heavy rains that made lawn maintenance tricky, soon made grassy areas feel like jungles.

It didn’t take long for temperatures to return to a cooler normal, but the feeling that spring is speeding by is hard to escape. It got me thinking about how time in general moves so quickly. Big changes can come in an instant, and small changes happen every day, often unnoticed until they’ve created a revolution.

Poets deal with the passage of time in a variety of ways. Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote this:

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends

It gives a lovely light.

Is it good advice? Should we live life as fully as we can, or should we play it safe? We mustn’t put off that decision, or time will make it for us. Choose wisely, and choose to enjoy all life offers.

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