I need more time with you ...

Growing older (oops already a quarter century?), I have started to realize that out of all the resources we get to play with in this game of life, time seems to be the most finite quantity we have. Spending this resource on people seems to be getting harder by the day!

Are times spent with people only meant to be remembered and not meant to be relived? 

There is an apparent growth of connectedness that is bringing in the feeling and expectation of being in touch constantly. As a result, are we pretending to be connected with everyone through these means but actually getting more distanced? What if we could spend less time texting our thoughts, and put in more effort to meet them in person to spend quality time?

In this world, the word "BUSY" has become too busily used. Humans nowadays are accustomed to being so engrossed in living out their time that they forget to live in it. We have somehow reached a stage in a virtual world where virtual happiness is given more priority. Ironically, staying in the same city also, people find it easier to reach out on text than plan to meet folks. However, when the time to move out comes, the first question that generally flashes across our mind is "Maybe I should've just met that weekend?"   

Don't we always feel the time we have spent with someone is too less? In this finite time and life we have, we yearn for infinite memories!

In addition, as we jump through stages of life, we often get so busy charting the course ahead that we let the present time slip by. There is constantly this inner battle of whether we are making the most of our time out here. In the greed to spend this limited quantity on forging new relationships, we often let the ship of past ones sail by. 

Is this a zero-sum game where the threads of the past start severing as we stretch ourselves to reach the newer ends, or is it that you haven't yet reached the stage of forming a strong knot that results in the thread detaching?

It is often told that to master a skill, one needs to put in 'x' hours of effort continously. I reckon that is also true for the skill of building relationships, where you need to put in 'x' hours of meeting or getting to know each other constantly to nurture the bond. In retrospect, you do not want to be left with the regret of "I wish I had given him/her more of my time". We need to experience with them the most immersive memories so that looking back, we only have a smile on our faces :)

Take the time out to meet that long-lost friend or loved one, you never know if they will be around tomorrow!