More than the sound of my own beating heart, I miss the sound of a ticking clock. Time passes, it must pass, but I have no more assurance of moving through time than I have that I am moving through space. In a way, Im glad: this means perhaps 300 years and 364 days have passed, and tomorrow I will wake up. Sometimes after a cross-country meet or a long day at school, Id fall into bed with all my clothes on and be out before I knew it. When Id finally open my eyes, it would feel like Id just shut them for a minute, but really, the whole rest of the day and half the night was gone. But. There were other times when Id collapse onto my mattress, shut my eyes and dream, and it felt like Id lived a whole lifetime in that dream, but when I woke up, it had only been a few minutes. What if only a year has gone by? What if we havent even left yet? That is my greatest fear.
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  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back
  • Time — Reflections on the passage of time and how we spend it

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