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Older, No Wiser

It's weird how time works.

There are many intelligent people, and there are many great communicators. Every now and then, you find an extremely intelligent person that also happens to be an exquisite communicator. Albert Einstein once said, "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."

That's impressive, and showcases a true gift: the ability to take something that usually is considered so hopelessly complex and make it beautifully simple.

We all know that the passage of time is relative to our perception of it. With each passing year, time seems to go faster and faster, highlighting that cruel adage that life is indeed short. There are those special moments that seem to stretch it out, but on balance, our concept of time and its passage is gauged by the window of our little life. As our life continues, each year seems shorter and shorter, with time flying faster and faster, like a car with no brakes flying down a hill with no terminal velocity: faster, and faster.

So I guess the moral of the story is to take advantage of every moment and every experience that you have, because you never know when it is going to be your last.