Sands of Time

Time is short. Opportunity is limited. Such is the wisdom of the hourglass.

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A small hourglass sits on the table next to my morning coffee. It has no real function except to occupy my mental focus until the coffee takes hold of the morning. In its own speechless way, it’s superior to listening to the news, politicians spewing their voodoo on marginalized Americans.

Today I recall words from MacDonald Carey, “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of our Lives”, a soapopera which ran from 1966 to 1994. With re-runs, there’s still sand left in its hourglass. If you recall it, then your hourglass is running low on sand, too.

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