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Aging - Imperfectly Practical

Aging

Every second, I become one second older. Every day, I become one day older. Every year, I become one year older. This trend has been holding for several decades. And I took little notice of it.

Suddenly, I started to. I watched each second tick by. And I hated it, because that second was not ten. Because it was not a hundred. Because each second that passed by was one I no longer had.

I simmered in discontent. Until I asked myself why? Why does this hurt now when it did not before?

Time had not changed. It flowed by much as before. My body had changed little. I could still do the things that I desired. My mind had changed. I started looking time differently. So I asked myself, how did I think about time?

Time is not a possession. But I wanted to pretend that it was. I wanted to gather it. I wanted to horde it. I wanted to purchase more of it. And this was the problem.

Time is not a possession. It is the measure of experiences. Of new things explored. Of moments cherished. And this was the problem.

Time is not a possession. And yet, I’d traded it for experiences. For that is what we must do, every moment, every day. But I’d shortchanged myself. And this was the solution.

I did not need more time. I did not need more experiences. I merely needed better ones.

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