Time Excuse

Our greatest excuse is time. Either we do not have enough of it or we have too much of it. Still, we can only live now, forever. Future is only an illusion we project based on our experiences and understanding. Past is a regenerated memory and experience collection we re-produce according to our current understanding and point of view. All this can only happen right now. And still they are all only pure image forms— nothing else.

We continuously fool ourselves. We play this game by saying to ourselves that we will do this or that and gain or progress in a specific manner in the future. But all this is done in a way that implicitly says we are currently lacking something and will do the hard part later. Time is our excuse: "I need time to develop/study and so on." This would be fine if we really would deliver on what we promised. Unfortunately, we often change our mind along the process. It is more important (i.e., easier) to be in the constant mode of changing than actually achieving or being.

We escape the current moment almost all the time. We are not happy about how we are at the moment and, therefore, we like to comfort ourselves by saying that this is not the real me but wait an X amount of time, and I will be this. This game is endless. Either we crave the past or envision an imaginary dream world of the future.

When do we have time to actually be? Being requires that we also see and hear in the moment. It requires unbiased, objective observation and facing reality as it is, right now. No bias toward the past or the future—only the bare truth. Have you ever realized who you really are or appear to be?