Two Thirds

(x, y, z, t )

No………. this is not a blog on Mathematics. It is about an entity, which is oblivious, but everlasting: TIME.

Being the fourth dimension of the real world, time has intrigued philosophers, scientists, laymen and many more in many ways. There is a common notion that human beings spend whopping 'one-thirds' of their life sleeping. But, what really matters is the other 'two -thirds' !

 This 'two-thirds', in the present context is the stipulated time in which a person makes or breaks himself. The competence, efficiency and efficacy of a person depend on the way he manages this two thirds. On the other hand, limited by the same time constraint, one has to miss out and compromise on many things in life.

Now, let me ask a question -

Is there a way by which one can utilize this two thirds, not only by achieving goals one intends to, but also by deriving maximum out the life with out a single compromise?

It is a difficult tradeoff, isn't it? But, why is this a difficult tradeoff?

I have a vague explanation for this: It is because one does not know what one should expect out of the life, and one has never lived the complete two thirds before!! It may sound absurd, but it is intriguing too.

Again, two questions arise.

First: is it possible to experience something without really experiencing it? 

You may say, "LEARN FROM OTHERS"; this suggestion is applicable only for specific instances of the two thirds because you should remember that parameters of your life are characteristic of an individual, and this is proportional to infinity. So, one cannot experience the complete two thirds by comparing with others. It is as individual as a DNA, and individual’s psychology is no exception.

Second: what should one expect out of the two thirds one lives?

This depends on ones priorities in life. To know ones priorities, an individual should know himself completely, and this according to me is one of the most difficult tasks in life. Further, things get complicated because within a span of two thirds an individual changes, and that change is difficult to grasp by oneself. This reminds me of a quote by Nelson Mandela - "There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." It would indeed take a large chunk of the two thirds to really know this change in oneself, and that chunk of time is priceless and worth grasping and living. Only after this, we can hope to strike the right balance and achieve a tradeoff between the concept of compromise and accomplishment.

Well….it is nice to go on and on with these philosophical issues but the question is:

does it really matter to mind over this or should one really mind over this matter?