TIME...

So...I woke up bright and early this morning...prior to 6:00 a.m....which blows and always will!! I have never understood this concept of getting up at the ass-crack of dawn and being excited and chipper about it?? There are PLENTY of hours in the day to get everything done that you require without having to live like a Pioneer!!

 I guess this is one of the primary reasons that I will never be a hunter...this and of course my complete lack of interest in "killing." Understand...I'm not against hunting...I realize that it is a necessary evil. That being said you will NEVER catch me up at 4:00 in the morning...covering myself in camouflage and animal urine...so that I can track down a beautiful creature and end its life. If I am going to kill anything or anybody...it would need to occur after 10 a.m!! Murder has always and should always remain an "evening event."

Even as a kid...I hated getting up early. I get that from my Mother...she was a night owl. My father on the other hand was "early to bed and early to rise." That brings me to a personal observation. In my entire life...all of the people that I have ever known who were "morning people" were both incredibly moody and had the propensity to be major bastards!! I can't help but think there is a direct corrolation between these two ideas. Seriously...think about all of the people you know who just LOVE the morning and then cross reference how many times they have irritated the hell out of you. The defense rests your honor...

It has always astounded me how elderly people tend to awaken obnoxiously early. I understand the concept that if you are living on borrowed time...then you would like to make the most of that time as possible. That being said...most elderly people that I know...get up obnoxiously early to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! In addition...they drive ridiculously slow. Why is that?? They are running out of time...so shouldn't they be in a hurry. I like to think that when I am old...people will fear me when they see me heading down the street. Women and children screaming and diving for safety...people shielding their pets...store keepers removing any damageable goods from the sidewalk...that is how I envision old age. It should be about wreckless abandon...I mean if you are in your 80's...you have already beaten the odds...just throw caution to the wind PAW PAW!!

It's the same with Handicapped people. Think back on how many times you have seen a handicapped tag on a vehicle that is driving 15 miles per hour. If your entire life involved difficulty getting around and overall being slow...wouldn't the chance to blaze a fiery path straight to hell be on your agenda 24-7!! Maybe I'm just warped...let me rephrase that...I am very warped...just hoping there are a few people out there who share my sentiment!!

The bottom line is this...time is a constant. Whether you get up at 5:00 a.m. or 12:00 p.m...everything is relative. We all have 24 hours in a day...60 minutes in an hour...60 seconds in a minute...etc. How we get there isn't important...it's IF we get there!! As long as you are achieving what you need to achieve...the when shouldn't matter. I realize that we are all constrained by schedules and job requirements...that is another story. We all must "render unto Caesar"...however...if we all spent less TIME worrying about TIME...we'd have much more to spend!!

I'm not suggesting that everyone live their life like me...sleeping in, driving fast and keeping late hours...what I am suggesting is that LIFE...just like TIME...will go on regardless of our approach to it. They are both wild animals which can never be tamed nor domesticated...so just stop trying so hard!! You get up early...you go to bed early...you miss out on the night. Inversely...you get up late...and go to bed late...you miss out on the morning. But if TIME is all you think of...you are missing out on EVERYTHING!!

Until next time friends....