On Saturday, 10/25/2008, I went to Barnes & Noble’s waiting while someone went clothes shopping with a friend.  At the bookstore, I saw a new book called The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life, by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd, 2008.  I was very much intriqued by the title and was eager to find out what this paradox is.  So, I got this book. I have not finished reading this book, but from what I have read so far, my understanding is:  the biggest paradox is the fact that time is the most valuable possession that we have in life, yet its value is seldom recognized and thus seldom appreciated. I want to share the following with my children.

On its front flap, it says, “Your every significant choice — every important decision you make — is determined by a force operating deep inside your mind: your personal time zone. This is the most influential force in your life, yet you are virtually unaware of it. Once you become aware of your personal time zone, you can begin to see and manage your life in exciting new ways.” My understanding of personal time zone is your perspective, attitude, awareness and use of time.

On the crypt of the Capuchin Monks, an inscription written on the floor at the foot of a pile of human bones says, p. 5
“What you are, they once were,
What they are, you will be.”
Don’t we need to be reminded that someday in the future we will all be like this pile of bones?