-Ben Franklin-
"It's all about the Benjamin's baby" is the fragment that came to mind when typing the credit to the above quote I chose to represent my self-induced frustrating morning. Yes, there were a few others, some about time being slayed by clocks, some about the mystery of it, about its value and teachings... but I feel like Franklin hit it right on the head.
He wasn't metaphorical, or looking backwards in regret. He isn't concerned with the future here. He states it matter-of-factly, just as I'd have expected him to. He speaks in the now. The words themselves stand still, but the implications go so much deeper than that.
1. Don't waste your time, you won't get it back.
2. Don't let someone take your time away from you, its not something you can afford to be stripped of.
3. Don't look back searching for what you had, because you're not going to find it.
4. LIVE IN THE NOW.
I missed my train this morning by about 20 seconds. If I hadn't put the four extra sprinkles of cinnamon in my oatmeal, if I didn't brush my teeth, if I had one damn swipe left on my metro card.
I ran...no--sorry--sprinted from station to station praying that this morning, time would be on my side (not to mention that my heeled boots would suffice for the marathon activities.) Like some kind of karmic thanks for any good deed I've done this month.
So I arrived at Grand Central at 8:47, and just a minute later, watched in awe as my train abandon me at Track 112, lived through a foul-mouth moment or two, and by 8:49 I was being charged $3.70 for a measly Smart Water, at which point a few more swears escaped my mouth.
Moral of the story: After buying my ticket for the train to come in the next hour, I was sitting in the waiting room by 8:52, and instead of babbling on and on about how I've failed myself this morning, (#denial) I was using my misfortunes productively and writing this post to educated you about the importance of time with a little help from B.F.
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