thin king

Good morning to all,


Time & Place rule our lives

Time was, is, and will be, anywhere, as long as life exists.
Time tracks life; it is constantly flitting past; it does not wait.
Place waits always; it does not remain constant; it can take
different forms at different times. It can be occupied by
anything, a solid, a liquid, or a gas, any substance, or even
nothing, a vacuum.

Time and place are two very crucial parameters for living.
Being in the right place at the right time is always favourable.
Being in the right place at he wrong time or in the wrong
place at the right time is something else. The consequences
can be very unpredictable, uncomfortable, unfortunate,
dangerous or even fatal.

It will be great fun if there are people who would like to test
it out practically. Here are some suggested ways: Attend a
wedding dinner without prior checking the venue. Go to a
$200 concert one hour late, or one day earlier. Take a dive
into a swimming pool when it is under repair or maintenance.
Drive across a traffic junction when the light is red. Arrive at
the harbour on time when it should be at the airport. Dress
for a funeral, but turn up on time at a wedding instead.

Having enlightened ourselves thus, do we ever wonder how
the heroes always arrive safely on a time warp or time travel
in the fiction movies. Imagine Shwarzennegger landing in
Iraq during the US bombing of it; or arriving at a location
where the cremation furnace is in operation; or landing on
a railway track right in front of a super speeding train, or
landing at the locus where the top of the World Trade Center
in New York was, to-day; imagine him plummeting to, urgh!
But then, fiction from Hollywood is at its best surreal.

Joking aside, there is a time and place for everything we do
every day. What we want to do, or when, or where to go, we
can decide. What others want to do, or when they do what,
may not be timely for us. Some prefer to refer to this as luck.
Just like the guy who jumped the queue over a slower
passenger and missed being the one hundred millionth
tourist by being one too early. Look at the pomp and glory
and the prize he missed. Or the man who let through a
pushy customer from behind and bought the other lottery
ticket which struck the first prize in the big sweep.

Time and place and us are constantly in flux, even when we
choose to stay put, because events will occur, and move us
along. And time and place will rule our lives. We are what we
are to-day because of time and place. And really, we could be
somebody entirely different. It is just that we never could
tell. Who can?


Have a nice day.
Ronald