A notch in time

The song says, "Every day is a bank account and time is our currency. So nobody's rich, nobody's poor, we get 24 hours each." How true those lines really are. It reminds me of opening a book and seeing a timeline sprawled out over the pages. A blank line representing time with the occasional callout to a name or an event and possibly information about it. We each have our own timelines you know. They won't be found in a book when we leave this place. Few would remember even if it were, most likely.

In timelines we are used to seeing the names of kings and leaders, dynasties and cultures, big changes in religions and technologies, but that is not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about our timelines. What does yours look like? From a distance (where you can only see years) what stands out the most? Up close (where you can see the days) how does it play out? Is it something you are proud of or something you feel the need to hide? If you knew somehow that your timeline was going to be seen what whould you do in the coming days? How would your life change?

Time really is our currency. It's universal among nations and cultures. It can't be bought and it cant be changed to suit us, be it our past or our futures we have only the present to work with. So as the song says, "Teach us to count the days. Teach us to make the days count. Lead us in better ways. That somehow our souls forgot. Life means so much."

Chris Rice_Life Means So Much (Click to download/listen)

Lyrics:
Every day is a journal page
Every man holds a quill and ink
And there's plenty of room for writing in
All we do is believe and think
So will you compose a curse
Or will today bring the blessing
Fill the page with rhyming verse
Or some random sketching

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Every day is a bank account
And time is our currency
So nobody's rich, nobody's poor
We get 24 hours each
So how are you gonna spend
Will you invest, or squander
Try to get ahead
Or help someone who's under

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Has anybody ever lived who knew the value of a life
And don't you think giving is all
What proves the worth of yours and mine

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much

Every day is a gift you've been given
Make the most of the time every minute you're living