Time is Platinum

The old idiom time is gold has been upgraded to time is platinum to reflect how valuable it has become! It has always been valuable, but that value seems to have increased due to how fast it is currently moving. I will not get in-depth with scientific theory here however, I will touch on some theories which help to explain what the heck is going on with time. One can concur with the longstanding belief that as one ages, time seems to move more quickly. There appears to be more to this than meets the eye as although this feeling is a universal one across cultures worldwide, it can no longer be the lone reason why we as humans are feeling so pinched and stressed by the rapid passage of time in 2011. Scientists give validity to the expedience of time as one gets older via research regarding our life experiences, for instance, a person's first, or virgin memories, such as the first kiss, first bite of chocolate, first anything, is a new, or novel experience, thus this new experience is so dense, our brains actually record them differently and this takes more brain power than it does to follow the mundane, routine, path of least resistance which many of us fall into later in life! Sadly, since many middle age people do not challenge themselves, this could be why time in fact seems to slip threw their proverbial hands at lightening speed. This data does not explain why all age groups appear to be experiencing rapidly flowing time, or the general feeling of-"there is not enough time to do all I want to do!" I feel this way daily and ask myself where the hell is time going quite frequently. I am currently unemployed and wonder how I got anything done when I worked full time and although I want to work again and make some money, I am genuinly concerned about how I will get all the things done that I both love and hate to do! One other school of thought regarding time, is a more complex one, however, it is one that I tend to entertain, it is centered around a spiritual/energetic perspective of Earth, at the core of this belief, which is closely tied to the Mayan Calendar, humanity is moving to another level of consciousness, one where our current knowledge of time/space/distance does not apply. Regardless of what resonates with you individually as to why time appears to be moving at lightening speed, one thing we can all agree on, is that it really is doing so! The only way to deal with it is to be in a place of gratitude, or living in the moment. This is not always easy to do, but, it is one of the only ways in which I can find peace in my own life, for the old Rolling Stone's song-"Time Is On My Side" surely does not apply to our current place in space and time!