Try to imagine a life without timekeeping.

You probably can't. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. 
Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays.
Man alone measures time.
Man alone chimes the hour.
And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures.
A fear of time running out.

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Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.

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When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.

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But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved.

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"It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be."

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"Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future."
"What is that?"
"Hope."

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"There is a reason God limits our days."
"Why?"
"To make each one precious."


(The Time Keeper, Mitch Albom)