Today, as I watched the night go by, I thought about something. But before I get to that, let me reflect on something.
I, as an average human being, can change anything I choose. People, the things I touch, my environment, or anything else I choose. Especially now, in this time where a message can transverse the globe in a second, I can influence someone or some place thousands and thousands of miles away.
And all of these things I can do for better or worse. I can make a person's day better with a smile, even if I have never met them, or I could deface a store building with a can and ruin a day as well as a wall. I could post an insightful blog post or spread a terrifying, but false, rumor on the Internet.
With my confidence, influence, and technology, I can do and affect anything I choose.
Except time.
Even now, as I type these words, time moves on at the same rate, no matter what. If I run, if I just sit and thing, if I smile and talk or scowl and glare, time moves exactly the same. There is nothing I can do to slow it down or speed it up, save for a personal psychological point of view. But that's just perspective.
Eventually, time will claim us all. And there is nothing I can do.
I find that terrifying.
