The inspiration for today's post comes from an unusual place. It comes from Pink Floyd's song Time and though the song is a "memento mori" full of dark notes and a sad tone, making it closer to a depressive song rather than a high energy, fun song that are so important to get us in a good vibe.
However this song touched me on a stronger level, it's through strong lines that it delivers a powerful message, our time is limited and if we don't take action on life, delay our dreams or commitments, make excuses for everything, the day will come when time catches us up and we didn't achieve our goals and that day it will be too late to start.
I see this song as a reminder of that possible future, a way to stay motivated to achieve the goals and dreams I have rather than feel depressed it fuels me to get off my lazy ass and paint the canvas of my life the way I want, by living in the moment, being happy but most importantly, living my passions and become the man I want to be.
Don't let time pass you up, act when an opportunity arrises and seek to create more opportunities as well.
Don't complaint about the problems you have in your life, be grateful for what you have, dust yourself up and ACT on those problems, decide want you want and go for it.
Life life with no regrets, that's the most important message I get from this song, and the way to do so is to take the chances that cross your path, sure thing not all of them will succeed, but you did try, every time I don't take a chance I find myself regretting not taking action and this song helps me look up and go fight for what I want so in the end I can say I succeded in my life.
"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in the relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the english way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought Id something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
Its good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells."
Time- The Dark Side of the Moon- Pink Floyd
