Where has the year gone and why does time pass so quickly?
12 months seems like only 6 months these days, why is that I wonder. Christmas is almost here again, the chaos begins.
Because we spend so much time saying "I can't wait to do this or do that. I can't wait till Friday; I can't wait til I get paid; I can't wait to go on vacation".
As you get older, a year is a smaller proportion of your life.
When you are two, a year is half of your life, but when you are sixty, a year is only a sixtieth of your life. Get it?
With each passing year we experience a single year as a proportionally shorter period of time.
Yes, I think you are both right. Today's world is so fast paced and 'want it now' mentality that we forget to just live in the moment and enjoy and appreciate what we do have, right now. Ah well, such is life.
puebloman and JanJarboe both have the proper answers. They are spot-on, and I agree with them both.
The comedienne in me, however, has a more tongue-in-cheek sassy humorous reply: "Someone spilled grease on the calendar!"
;-)
Cheers and may you have a wonderful holiday season.
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