So
there are so many powers in the known universe that we all can come up with at
least one: love, religion, nuclear
energy, electricity, gravity – the list is very, very long.
But
here is my theory: the greatest power in
the universe is actually Time. Because
all of the other powers I’ve named, from love to gravity, can all be changed or controlled in one way or another. Love can fade,
religion can falter, nuclear energy can be simply not employed, electricity is
a mystery all in itself and must be manufactured, even gravity has been found
to be repelled by anti-gravity thingies.
Now
we come to time. It simply cannot be
stopped. At least outside of sci-fi
stories. One can stop a clock, one can turn
the clock’s measure of time backward or forward (which is simply a type of
pretending), or one can accept the fact that time is inexorable. When one comes to terms with that, one can only
then possibly use time to our advantage, to fill our allotted hours with fun
and joy and happiness and giving. Or
utterly waste time until it is too late.
Because,
like many great powers, Time really does not care about us. It can’t.
It is too busy just being.
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