Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we’ve lived.
- Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Star Trek: Generations)
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Where do you find these!? This poses such a good question: what is your metaphor for time? You’ve just made me wonder what mine is.
I just thought of my mum as a travelling companion. Sometimes we’d get so engrossed in something, we’d be together but unaware of each other; sometimes she’d have to sternly remind me to be respectful of her and at other times she’d urge me to get a move on when she knew that dawdling was detrimental. But she was always there to hold my hand on the journey.
Thank you, Marc.
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I was actually reminded of this one when I wrote the post on Time Management.
My metaphor for time, hmm. That’s a tough one as it can change from one moment (of time) to the next.
That Star Trek movie (Generations) has some nice metaphors for time including that one from Picard and one from the protagonist “Time is the fire in which we burn” which in itself is a quote from a poem by Delmore Schwartz called “Calmly We Walk”
I am a walking Star Trek encyclopedia lol