Wikipedia defines time that is a component of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify the motions of objects. It also defines a clock is an instrument used for indicating and maintaining the time and passage thereof.
I once heard a movie quote that said “Someone once told me that 'time' is a predator that stalks us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because it will never come again”
A clock starts at birth with the announcement of what time we are born and the clock ends at our death.
Throughout our lives, everything is measured by a clock. As a child, were told of a story about a mouse that ran up a clock, and the clock struck twelve and the mouse ran down, hickory dickory dock.
So what is a clock to you? Is it a simple device to regulate your daily routine? Is it used to watch a pot to see when it boils? Is it more complex in your life in that it controls your life leaving you with a feeling that there is never enough time in a day to do everything? Maybe a clock is the last thing you look at and your day just flows like the tumbleweed along a desert highway.
Time and clock are intricately related and yet can serve two different functions. Both are companions in how we govern our lives, one on our right and one on our left.
So whatever your definition of a clock and time are, there is one unmistakable characteristic, they are constant never fast or slow enough. Time just marches forward and the clock keeps it on rhythmically humming along.
Treasure time; make sure that your clock doesn’t stop ticking before you realize you have missed out on the important things in life.
With that, I once saw another quote; it went “The hours of folly are measured by the clock, but of wisdom no clock can measure.”
