Langoliers

Time is something that blows my mind on a consistent basis. I have never been a "watch person", I don't even remember the last time I owned a watch. I am always late to everything I attend and I don't really care. Most of my friends just figure on me being 15-20 minutes late to everything at this point. I struggle estimating time. How long will it take to eat lunch and then go to someone's house...I always seem to under estimate, even when I think I am over estimating because I know I under estimate. Not to get too spacey but what is time?

One of the moments when the concept of time really smacked me in groin was on a trip I took to Colorado. As we crossed 2 or 3 time zones (I can't remember) the whole foundation of time which I thought was so sturdy suddenly began shaking. I never really thought of time as relative but it really is. (I realize this might sound simple and obvious to some and I apologize, you can stop reading if you'd like) Now when I watch TV I wonder, is this show on at the same time in California? I think...maybe because it is 7pm here and it will be 7pm there when it is on but is it really 7pm there or is it actually 11pm like it is here? Conversations go on in my head like this for many minutes until I forget where I initially started.

Another time revelation for me was where does time go when it is over? I try to think back to a few minutes ago and it is suddenly shrunk to a moment. Even years become shrunk into a moment. How? Why? What can I do to stop this from happening? Did Jesus die and rise again only a moment ago? Or is there some place that the 2000 years of history actually exist? Is all history and time merely wrapped up in a moment? If you have ever seen The Langoliers ( I think a Michael Crichton book originally) you know what im talking about. The movie portrays people that got caught behind time, where it stopped moving and the Langoliers were behind time eating it all up. They had to figure out how to get back to the world where time is moving before the Langolier would eat them. It was a pretty bad movie but it did have a cool concept.

Anways, there are my thoughts on time for now. I hope to read a book by Brian Greene on space and time which may help me a little bit. But if anyone has answers to these questions please feel free to respond.

I thought I would add a short chorus I wrote about this topic a while ago...

"Time, time, time
where have you gone
You're always sneakin' up on me

Time, time, time
Where are you now
You're always stealin' memories"