"The longest-lived and those who will die soonest lose the same thing. The present is all that they can give up, since that is all you have, and what you do not have, you cannot lose."
-Marcus Aurelius
What is being said here is that time is a precious commodity, and that none of us knows how much we posses, only what we have used. We count each year of our past and every second of each work day while foolishly looking ahead to a timeline that we may not survive to see. This is not fatalism, but pragmatism.
How many people struck by lightning had a full day of golfing ahead of them? How many cancer patients with months to live went on to lead exciting lives that anyone would envy? I believe it was Tim McGraw who wrote a song about that. It's not hedonism to enjoy the moment, if the moment is all you have.
Losing track of the time is losing track of the one resource that you cannot track and cannot replenish. If stripped to rags and devoid of wealth and sustenance, all you have is time. What you do with that time is important, since it is all that you ever truly have at your disposal.
Do not dwell on how long until the meeting ends, how slow the traffic is, or how many times you've traveled around the sun. Everything you have and need is with you now. Do not waste it.
Go sky-diving.
Go climb the Rocky Mountains.
Go ride 2.7 seconds on a bull with a funny name.
Get out and use your time wisely, that you might gain more, but do not forget to enjoy the time you have.
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