Precious Time

Don't waste time.

Time 

Watching the clock go forward

Minutes pass by in the blink of an eye

Time is precious

The minutes, hours or days you use to do something useful

Flies by

And once time is slipped, you cannot get it back

it's gone

Life can be measured in time

In the past, time was measured in an hourglass full of sand

Now, time is measured in clocks

Time represents the present as being between the past and the future

Religion, philosophy and science was a major subject of time

What is time?

A sensation or experience?

The international unit of time is a second

Time is precious, use it wisely before it vanishes

Spend it with the people you love, make your life worthwhile

If you enjoy your time being wasted, then it is not wasted

Watching the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years go by

Time is a precious, precious thing. 

Reviews

[Lyan]

I really enjoyed reading this poem. I totally agree with you. If only there was a time machine to go back to the event(s) you want to relive that would be awesome!

[J Schwenk]

Thank you for reading! That would be incredible if such a thing existed! Maybe one day...

[wordman]

you can alway`s go home,but never back in time,only through the portals of your mind

[J Schwenk]

That is true! Home can always be a place where you want it to be, or can revisit home through photos and memories

[KWP]

and then they say that time doesn't actually exist - that everything is happening all at once playing itself out in parallel universes - and once we have mastered the art of living in the NOW ... the time matters no longer ...

an interesting and thought provoking read - well done xx

[J Schwenk]

Thank you, KWP! The hardest part is to get started living in the present and clearing the mind from endless chatter. That's an interesting concept, to live in the now and time wouldn't matter, thanks for sharing! And thank you for reading xx

[KWP]

yes - we all have those damn monkey minds - always reaching for some new thought ... :) - oh and my pleaure x x

[J Schwenk]

Haha, "monkey minds" that was funny! There is a great book that teaches you to calm one's mind, it's called "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle. He's an amazing author and the book is quite simple to read, teaches how to calm the chattering mind. x

[KWP]

I attended a Vipassana 10 day silent meditation course in the mountains a few years back - up at 4 every day - meditation for minimum 10 hours - no talking, no touching, eyes to the floor, no active exercize, last meal at lunchtime - one of the hardest but most wonderful experiences I have ever had ... now that teaches you how to calm the monkey mind .... :)

[J Schwenk]

Oh my god, I would absolutely love to do a silent meditation retreat for a few days! I don't know how you did that! It must have been hard in the beginning..especially last meal at lunch time! How was the experience?

[KWP]

OH My GOD - if you would love to do it then you must - then run them all over the world - I believe everybody should do this kind of meditation (not all could) just to bring them a little close to love and light - life changing experience - loved it and hated it - got so much out of it .. xxx They do 40 silence in India - i'd like to chance that some day :)

[J Schwenk]

So sorry i'm just now replying to this! I just finished finals at my uni. It's on my bucket list to go to a silent retreat! My god, a 40 day retreat in India that sounds a bit grueling! You definitely will do it some day if you want it badly!

[KWP]

Just FYI I am reading this from Kathmandu - about to trek up to Kalar Patthar tomorrow - highest trekking point in the world ... Now that will be spiritual xx yay

[KWP]

How did you go at Uni ?

[Tricia Pattinson]

Nicely written and an interesting read. Thank you!

[J Schwenk]

Thank you for reading!

[Abhishekizy]

Nice Write my Friend!! Time is indeed so supreme in itself...as powerful as any or many god
!

[J Schwenk]

Thank you, my friend!

[MsJewel]

Time is precious and as I get older, it seems to fly by faster than ever..."spend it with the people you love"...wise words my friend.

:) Julie

[J Schwenk]

Julie, my friend. You are one of my favorite writers, I absolutely love how you put an image to evoke the feelings out of your writings and how you use designed your words to shape them differently. It's hard to spend it with the people you love, sometimes. Or to find people people you WANT to spend your time with, those who think like you and have the same interests as well as make you a better person. Getting started is the hardest damn part. Thank you for reading! :) xx

[MsJewel]

Thank you for your kind words. It's always a pleasure to read your poetry.

[Rene Salinas]

Interesting look at time great subject as well!

J, I , am never one to delve in the technicalities of writing and although I have read and study hard to be able to write to the best of my ability which ain't much to say the least, there is something which most writers seem to agree. If you are to place punctuation to help the reader find the tempo of the writing go on! Well done. If you are not then don't. I think were "they " would disagree a tiny bit is in the random side of puntuation. That aside, my mate Jack Wolfe has a writing in there which I am fan of Unforgiving Clock" and it pretty much gets rid of any philosophical implication. I do relate to the subjectivity and objectivity of time but in the end like or not we are always late ( while pretends to be the rabbit in Alice in Wondderland, I'm late , I'm late) as the unforgiving factor is that it won't stop for us which glad to say your closing lines make full allusion of it.

Tic follows tock follows tic

Thankyou

[J Schwenk]

Thank you Rene! I normally don't use punctuation, but use it in the end of my writings. Could you give me the work of "Unforgiving Clock"? I'm interested to read it. I haven't fully understood the story of Alice in Wonderland, got to brush up on it again. And time IS a precious thing. Thank you for reading xx