Yes, it really does fly by fast. But why is life so fleeting? When one is in kindergarten at age five, that first year of schooling gobbles up 20% of ones existence to that point. That first school year seems to drag on and on and on… And now fast forward to age 60. A year of life only chews off a little more than 1% of one’s total trajectory! That, in a nutshell, is relativity; without the complex formulas, but there it is. You blink your eyes. Abracadabra.
Amen! As George Saunders once said, “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded… sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”
Yes, it really does fly by fast. But why is life so fleeting? When one is in kindergarten at age five, that first year of schooling gobbles up 20% of ones existence to that point. That first school year seems to drag on and on and on… And now fast forward to age 60. A year of life only chews off a little more than 1% of one’s total trajectory! That, in a nutshell, is relativity; without the complex formulas, but there it is. You blink your eyes. Abracadabra.
The only thing for an old man to tell a young man is have boundaries and always do what you know is right or you will probably live to regret it.
Bill Benitez
Amen! As George Saunders once said, “What I regret most in my life are failures of kindness. Those moments when another human being was there, in front of me, suffering and I responded… sensibly. Reservedly. Mildly.”
Thanks. So true. Never heard that one but it really hits home.
Beautifully urgent.
Thank you, my friend.