The Silent Weight of Time: Why Every Moment Is Both a Gift and a Debt
<p>Time is the most misunderstood currency of life. We often treat it like an endless stream, a quiet background to our ambitions, relationships, and pursuits. Yet, time is neither endless nor silent. It’s ticking away with a ruthless consistency that spares no one is rich or poor, strong or weak, ambitious or complacent.</p><p>The strangest thing about time is that while we think we “have” it, the truth is that it has us. From the moment you opened your eyes as a child, you became indebted to it. Every second is borrowed, and every heartbeat is proof that you’re still paying the price of existence. But here’s the haunting truth: you never know when the debt collector, death will knock on your door.</p><p>We live as though we own tomorrow. We make plans for “next week,” “next month,” or “next year” without realizing that those phrases are merely illusions. Nobody is promised tomorrow, yet everybody gambles with today. Think about it: how many dreams have died inside people because they thought they had more time? How many apologies never left lips? How many songs, books, inventions, or revolutions stayed buried inside souls because their owners assumed tomorrow would come?</p><p>Time doesn’t wait. And that’s what makes it terrifying and beautiful at the same time.</p><p>Bless🙏</p><p>Adex</p>
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