The best time, when it isn’t free time

It’s something special. Something unlike anything else. In fact, it’s very hard to understand at first. It’s not a mystery for those of us who are adults. But for the little ones it’s a concept that is both easy, and difficult, to grasp. Time. This concept, this thing called time, is a ruling factor in an adult’s life. There are appointments, deadlines, schedules and more. However, for the little ones, it’s more about nap time.

Nap time is cool. Maybe not for the little ones, but for an adult? Show me the pillow. Sometimes, the best time, actually is a nap. And usually a nap is only available in free time. What’s that? Not sure what free time is? Must be an adult. However (even as adults) we are always looking forward to free time. It’s where we put a lot of our plans.

Time is also as much a commodity, as a theoretical place. We portion it, and then promise it, to avoid in the moment commitment. Then, when it isn’t free time, and it becomes the best time, it goes by way too fast. This isn’t a bad thing but it is noticeable. Additionally, it is just one of the strange things about time.

The Best Time

It’s when no one is looking. It’s that moment that blazes by so fast time itself seems to disappear. That’s when things get fascinating. To think of time as something that isn’t fixed.

In other words, time can change, but not on the clock. And that was where things were sticky. The question was how long until lunch time? We were in the middle of a very complex Lego build. The Transformer Bumblebee. There were at least forty two thousand little Lego pieces to assemble. The instruction booklet was like a thick encyclopedia book of the old days. This was going to take some time.

With this in mind, we checked the clock. It was ten o’clock. In the morning. So lunch was two hours away. Respectively. However, that was forever as far as the little one was concerned. Two hours is the same as fourteen weeks. At least that’s how the little one was taking it. So we marked the time on a watch. Then we continued the Lego build.

The Best Time When It Isn’t Free Time

After the completion of one leg part, it was lunchtime. Time did indeed fly. And the one Lego leg part had eight thousand, of the forty two thousand, Lego pieces. Furthermore, there was some amazement at how quickly lunchtime arrived. The watch that moves slower than turtles, somehow flew!

There’s more to this interest in time. In fact, it will take some time to fully grasp, how time can speed up. Or how it can move slower than turtles. But that is only when time is being observed. The moment a back is turned, time flies. Thanks for reading today.

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