Retirement means having more time to yourself, but no one ever gets more time. It’s simply a matter of how you prioritize that time, as full time work is no longer a factor.  Any way you look at it, there’s no time like the present, but as a watch company campaign once noted, “there’s no present like time.” We can save time but can never stop the clock. What if we could?

 

The Gift of Time 

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No Time like the present,

To get it done.

No time to waste,

Before the setting sun.

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Tomorrow’s too late,

And may not even come.

If you wait till then,

“Never” it becomes.

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Putting things off,

Is not forth giving.

Procrastination means,

Postponing future living.

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If you don’t do it now,

You never will.

Just another thing,

You’ll fail to fulfill.

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If you had,

Unlimited hours.

All the time in the World,

Within your powers.

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You’d never worry,

As Clocks would shatter.

Today could last forever,

And Tomorrow wouldn’t matter.

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Or if Time in a bottle,

Was yours to store.

Sand through the hourglass,

Would always pour.

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If you could find a way,

To put a bow on longer living.

There’s no present like time.

The gift that keeps on giving,

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That’s a wrap!

 

Also, here’s a reprint of a poem from six years ago, with a connecting theme. (See Post #135)

 

Time

The older we get,
The faster time goes by.
We can’t slow things down,
No matter how we try.

The clock keeps on ticking,
You can’t make it stop.
The countdown of life,
Continues to drop.

We can spring forward,
Or even fall back.
Leap an extra day,
And be on a fast track.

Time can fly by,
Or wait seemingly forever.
So until it’s over,
Never say never.

You can have no time,
Or plenty it seems.
But whatever you do,
Make time for dreams.

We can take our time,
Even have it on our side.
Avoid running out of it,
Or those dreams have died.

You can start a timer,
Manage a time table.
But it can’t be bottled,
With a time sensitive label.

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You can believe in Time Travel,
Or the way-back machine.
You just can’t go back,
To being a teen.

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We can waste time,
Even try to kill it..
And watch it pass by,
But – still – it will never sit.

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You can carry a time piece,
Glance at your wrist.
But any time wasted,
Is also time missed.
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