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SAMDAVE

At that point in time when you find yourself sitting down, and puzzling over the last few days of your life . . .what do you think? What do you feel?

Maybe the fact is that we constantly make mistakes, but the realization that we might have avoided it, for the most part dawns in painfully. Where are we? How did we get here?

It is at such times of sober reflections where we find ourselves sitting alone – not necessarily of our own will but of silent necessity that the true reflections of the life we are living or have been living glooms at us. It is at such times that we are sobered by the things we should have done. The words we should have said. And the contacts we should have made. It is at such times that we truly know what we had.

But do we really stop to think?

What’s it with life anyway, that its necessary we take some time and pause? Maybe I don’t know. But how powerful is life? What bearing does life have over us?

Sometimes we think we’re so busy. Too engulfed in the activities demanded or expected of us. And so we move on, thinking we have it all figured out. But do we?

Life has a way of making us stop and think; no matter how fast we think we’re sailing. No matter how fast we think life is running. But is life really running fast? Aren’t we the ones trying to fasten it up?

The savour of it all is that no matter how busy we are or we think we are – that we cannot create time for the little things of value tugging at us, no matter how occupied we believe we are, that we cannot create time to reflect. To look back on the past few days – On the life we’ve been living. No matter how we try to ignore the little mistakes we’ve been making – in the name of there is no time. . . Someday, life will stop us. The time will don’t have, will have us. No matter how busy, occupied, or timeless we believe we are, we can never stop time from stopping us. We will all find time to die.

Maybe we should describe time as an abstract being devoid of human emotions, reasoning or idiosyncrasies. The fact that we hate to stop – to look back, has no effect on time. It won’t stop time from stopping us. But again, how did we get here? It’s not always been like this, or has it?

Mistakes are not aliens in the transit of our daily activities as humans. But they could be grievious at times. And most times, it’s the grieviousness of a mistake that forces us to stop, because unless we stop, we cannot continue our transit.
These mistakes blurs our views. Our eyes. Our focus. If we must run, then we must stop. But how did we get to this point? What have we done with our lives . . . that must make us stop and think? Do we really have time?

The true fact

is, no finite being has time, or can claim monopoly over it. It is evenly distributed by the creator among all beings. We can only create time. We don’t have it; we don’t own it. If we would take a break from the hassles of our daily activities, if we would stop trying to fasten up life, and create time to reflect on everyday lived; if we would pay attention to those things we think are little of value – tugging at us, and try to correct every mistake we make, as we transit along life – before they explodes . . .then, but only then, we don’t have to worry about time stopping us, because we’ve stopped to think. It’s much better to stop, than to be stopped.

We need to realize that we can’t run from our mistakes. Our past. Our problems. Our struggles.

Suppressing our mistakes, or trying to fasten up life can threaten emotional and spiritual health and become a festering sore that would express itself someway, sooner or later. If we won’t stop to think.

If we won’t stop and deal with our past, we would be stopped – at the time when we need must run, to think. Since we’ve decided not to deal with our past, then we must not complain when our past decides to deal with us. It’s either we stop, or we’re stopped.

Facing our mistakes is similar to what happens in an earthquake. When a large amount of pressure builds up, and the earth is forced to make a large adjustment, great damage occurs to property and lives.

However, if the earth makes small shifts frequently, pressure is relieved gradually and little damage occurs. The same is true when we stop to think, as we transit through life. The same is true if we take time to pause, and face our mistakes as soon as we realize them.

Like a small earth tremor, no great damage occurs. But disregarding small mistakes causes them to build up. When we finally stop, to look back, or we are stopped by time to face them. To deal with them, a horrendous explosion may take place that wrecks our being – shattering our dreams and hopes, and causes great damage to everyone.

No one is so busy that he or she doesn’t have time to visit the loo. No matter how busy we believe we think we are, we must find time to stop and think; To leave the crowds. To ponder at the silent reflections of the life we’ve been living. To give attention to those things we treat as of little value.

If we think we are busy and have no time to stop and think, we would be stopped to think. And it might be at a time when we really need to run.


Mistakes are termites. If you think termites are weak and harmless, just wait till they pull down a pillar. A pillar in your life. No mistake is of no value. If we have no time to stop and pause, someday – no matter how busy we might be, we would all find time to die.