THE URGENCY OF NOW

The past is history, the future is mystery and the present is a gift – that is why we call it The Present.

– Ruth Cassell

The time-space continuum is probably the most complex, yet exciting thing to learn from this universe. Einstein's theories of Relativity are based on it. We understand that Space is finite and continually expanding. And that time is not a constant – it slows down at high speeds (time dilation). Scientists such as Henri Poincare have asserted that similar events occurring at a slightly different time produce varied results. This in circumspect, gives us insights about time.

Time cannot be lost, it is ever-changing; it can’t be leveraged neither can it be waited on. In a sense time cannot be managed. Time brings change and everything changes, relative to time.

Time, as we know is classified in three parts: The past, the present and the future.

The past we all know. It is the bedrock of experience and knowledge and it sums up the embodiment of our being. I call the past – ME.

The future no one knows but we know that it is based on a laid-down sequence of events that correlates directly with the present. Because of the inter-relationship between the future and the present, I call the future – NOW.

The present is at best continuous and can hardly be captured in a moment. It is simply defined as where the past meets the future, that is where "ME" meets "NOW". Dare I say that the present is where I meet “NOW” i.e. where I am now.

This insight shows us how important the present is. How it ever moves in sublime translation. One moment it is, the next – it was!

I live in the present. It is where happiness, opportunities and effort are. Most importantly it is where those "small victories" are won every passing moment, and that typifies what great lives are all about. Small victories - that is the Urgency of NOW!


Written on 11/10/2009