After our poem assigned for class Monday, Ms. Serensky wrote a similarly themed quote that caught my attention in today's class. As I recall, William Penn quoted "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." I have to agree, time plays a huge role in our lives. Ironically, I began thinking about the concept of time last night in my family room. This subject seems to bring upon endless questions that will always remain unanswered. When did we begin? When will life end? What is time? Like I said, we will never know. But, what should we do about this uncertainty? Penn implies that most people do not use their time wisely and hope to have more time rather than enjoying the time given. In a sense, I agree that many individuals take advantage of their lives without the recognition that their lives have to come to an end. However, striving away from this pessimistic mindset, I am a firm believer in the claim that everything happens for a reason. The time spent on one thing leads to the time spent on another. Why should one feel they have wasted their life away when they need certain events to prompt others? Time does set limits on ones' lifestyle. However, these limits prompt the accumulation of important things in ones' life. Time allows one to recognize what they truly care about. In a way, time limits discourage wasted time, but, rather, encourage one to use their time wisely. With the uncertainy time presents, one can only hope they use time to their full advantage.Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Time?
After our poem assigned for class Monday, Ms. Serensky wrote a similarly themed quote that caught my attention in today's class. As I recall, William Penn quoted "Time is what we want most, but what we use worst." I have to agree, time plays a huge role in our lives. Ironically, I began thinking about the concept of time last night in my family room. This subject seems to bring upon endless questions that will always remain unanswered. When did we begin? When will life end? What is time? Like I said, we will never know. But, what should we do about this uncertainty? Penn implies that most people do not use their time wisely and hope to have more time rather than enjoying the time given. In a sense, I agree that many individuals take advantage of their lives without the recognition that their lives have to come to an end. However, striving away from this pessimistic mindset, I am a firm believer in the claim that everything happens for a reason. The time spent on one thing leads to the time spent on another. Why should one feel they have wasted their life away when they need certain events to prompt others? Time does set limits on ones' lifestyle. However, these limits prompt the accumulation of important things in ones' life. Time allows one to recognize what they truly care about. In a way, time limits discourage wasted time, but, rather, encourage one to use their time wisely. With the uncertainy time presents, one can only hope they use time to their full advantage.
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Kelsey, while I agree with parts of your post I also disagree with some. In my opinion time limits do not necessarily encourage one to use their time wisely. For some people they spend more time contemplating the time limits rather then actually doing whatever needs to be accomplished making that task take longer or they stretch the task out to make it fill the alloted time. Following this thought I think using time efficiently is an impossible task because people always find a way to make a task take longer then necessary.
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