Our Hours

Hours. They come and go. They mark the passage of time and break it to bits.

Though a seemingly large amount of time, an hour is really pretty short. Passes by in a mere glimpse. It quickly trails away like water. An hour is rarely enough for anything. Especially not learning.

How many hours make up a lifetime? Let's say you're bound to live up to the age of 65. A day is made up of 24 hours. That adds up to about 168 hours a week. Or 744 hours a month. Or a whopping 8760 hours a year. Multiply that by that good old 65 and you'll get a grand total of 569400 hours. That's a good deal isn't it? So much time.

What are we doing with all that time? Say you sleep exactly 8 hours a day. That adds up to a total of 189800 hours spent asleep. That leaves you with 379600 waking hours.

So much time. What do you do with all that time? How much worldly experience can you gain? Will you learn anything? Is that enough time to absorb all there is to know of this world as well as the next?

With so many hours at your disposal, what will you waste your time doing?

Hours will come and go. Mesh them into a single lifetime and what will you get?