Time

"One second!"  The man calls to his wife.  They've gotten a babysitter for the kids, and are going on a date.  He has to fix his tie.
"Just a minute!"  Calls the mother to her little boy who has built something to show his mother.
"We'll toss around that ball in about an hour."  Says the father as he ignores his child for his newspaper.
"Just one more day, and it'll be Christmas!"  Says one excited child to another, excited for the presents.
"I'll be able to get my drivers license in a week!"  Smiles the excited teen.
"One month, and I'll be 18, and out of this place,"  Says the impatient child, ready to go out and be an adult.
"We'll see you next year!" Cries an old woman, as she hugs her child, and grandchildren as they head home after Christmas.
We're all bound by time.  Seconds pass into minutes, minutes pass into hours, hours pass into days, days to months, and months to years.
You only have a certain amount of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years in our life.  And what do we do with them?
We play games, fight, talk, love, hate, make friends, and make enemies.  Do we spend enough time with those who matter?  Do we set aside a special time to be with family?  Friends?
Do we ignore those we care about for things like books, and computers, and hobbies?  Do we completely ignore our hobbies to go after our family?
What do we do with our valuble time?
Each second that passes is a second we can never regain.  People say this, and we shrug it off.  We all know this.  But does it really sink in?  Does it sink in that the seconds that you spend fighting is time you could have spent loving?  Does it sink in that the time you spend curled up feeling sorry for yourself you can never get back, and can never reuse to better yourself, and love those around you, and be happy for them?  How much does that sink in?
Do we take the time to love?  Or are we so busy using our precious time, that we just rush by them?  Do we share our time?  Or do we hoard it, all for ourselves?
Just a little something to think about.
~Katie :)