Just In Time

There is never enough time! That's what many of us say during a routine day's activities. Whatever the situation, whether at work or at recreation, it seems that we can never do all that we desire to because time just 'runs out'!  We are bound by certain physical laws in this life!..Gravity, survival and time.

Why do we view our lives from the perspective of time?  What 'hold' does it trap us with?  Can we ever break free from its grasp?  It seems that there is either too little or just too much time woven into the fabric of our existence!  Each of us have schedules to keep, appointments to make and calenders to observe from the first day of the week to the last! Never enough time to complete our task!

Is time somehow controlling each of us?  Are we simply prisoners, locked away in its cold and dark dungeon?  Let your mind contemplate this hypothesis...we all have the boundries of time seeded within our souls!  Seconds, minutes and hours weave their way through our 'being', causing an eruption of fury and anxiety at the idea of being 'late' for a meeting in one scenario, only to bring a calming sense of tranquility in another. We have no control over this entity!

Time is important to us!  For a salesman, it could mean the newest client is 'locked in' or just walked out the door. For a fireman, just a few seconds can decide whether someone is rescued or doesn't make it out alive!   Time can be either an ally or an enemy to all of us!

Knowing all this, I have often wondered if time can be, somehow, manipulated?  Can we actually penetrate through the lining of time and space to travel through its layers, bouncing from a past event to a future one?  Its speculation, I admit, but it has intrigued me since my teenage years.  Just what if?

Wouldn't it be a life-altering discovery to find that we can change certain things in our lives and bring about a different ending, or maybe, a beginning?  Then to once again bend those boundries and orchestrate yet another outcome.  A very fascinating concept, most certainly!  Traveling through the centuries as easily as one travels from room to room. Causing a very different outcome than the one we know!

Is it just foolishness to wonder about such a thing?  Am I stepping to close to the edge of the cliff? 
Whatever the case, this thought has been with me from as far back as I can remember...maybe longer than I realize!  Time.  Is it really so solid that one could never break its foundations?  Is it so strong that we can not effect it in the slightest?  I wonder.

Whether we can go sailing throughout the sea of time and space, as any fan of Star Trek knows, is only limited by our imagination!  If we are to become time-travelers for even an instant, we must take that first step of belief, followed by definite effort and constant resolve!  Only God himself knows if we have already done just that!

How much time do we have?