Time Out

If you were in solitary confinement 24/7 for months, with a light on, no clock, imagine the end result. You'd be nuts. If life is a bicycle wheel, time is the rim that holds the spokes together. Without it we would all be spinning out of control.

Time is only a perception, something we mortals agreed on so that we stay sane while on planet Earth. Take this simple test and confirm for yourself that time is only a perception:

a)You are starting a three hour exam when you realize you don't know any of the answers - but you can't leave the room for three hours.
b)You are on the last three hours of your tropical holiday, enjoying the sun before you head home to winter and your boring dead end job.

Both situations involve a three hour span, yet a) feels like a week, while b) feels like minutes. So when someone asks you in passing, 'What's the time?' maybe you should reply: 'What do you think? What does it feel like to you? Whizzing by? Moderate speed? Slow as a slug?'

Ummm...maybe not....