Time Is a Mystery: The Stillness of the Past, and the Movement of the Present

1. What if time didn’t exist, would we even realize how much we have grown or changed?

2. Why do some memories feel like yesterday, even after so many years?

3. Can a place hold onto a piece of who we were from the past?

4. Have you ever been surprised by how fast or how slow time seems to pass?

5. What makes time feel real? Is it the ticking of a clock or the changes in our lives?

6. Does everything have to change to prove that time has passed?

7. How would you know it’s been years, if no one ever told you the date?

All these questions arises because of a place i visited early this year and something occurred and I couldn't find a word for it until now "mystery of time". It’s strange how time can feel so real and yet feel like nothing at all, it was like i visited the past at that moment.

So the story was that i went back to a place I hadn’t been to for over six years and for me that's a very long time and honestly, I didn’t even realize how long it has been until I sat down and thought about it and what surprised me the most was that the place looked exactly the same, smell the same way, the streets, the walls, even the sky that evening and it all felt like I had just been there yesterday and to be honest, i couldn't comprehend what i was thinking at that moment because six whole years passed by and yet in that moment, it felt like no time had passed at all and i was also thinking if i visited the past like i time travelled to the past.

I was once a science student back in highschool and i had learned and also heard been that time really is relative. It can fly or crawl or even disappear and it can make us feel like a moment or a lifetime depending on what’s going on in our hearts or in our braidn. That’s why date and keeping memories are important and that's why i love taking pictures of everywhere i have been to because If there was no time, how would I even know it had been up to a whole six years? Without time, I wouldn’t have appreciated how much I’ve changed or grown since then if i didn't keep memories of each day.

In that same week, I spent time doing some beautiful things that reminded me how powerful the present moment is

I spent time with my family because some still stay here and this was our first home after most moved from our home town and just being silly and taking photos with the youngest in our family and this i would show him probably in the next 6 years to show him how far he has come

I also took a break and went for a walk just when the golden sun hit the mountains and this was like my favorite spot back then and it stills looks the same and nothing Changes and it was at this point i started thinking whether i was in the past because it looks exactly the same and if i had taken a picture of my self six years ago, i would have compared it
and you all would have seen that there were no differences at all.

So what did this teach me about my visitation?.... I thought me that time is strange, there's a mystery about time but with all the mystery and the strangeness of time, it is also beautiful. Time can make things feel far away, but it also helps us reflect on it and It also shows us how far we have come and for me, without time, maybe life would feel kind of blurry with no past, no future, just a forever which would be like we are trapped.

I'm sure we've all watched game of thrones when the night king wanted to kill the 3 eyed raven and they stated that the reason was because the night king wanted a long night forever and a night without memories and that's why he wanted to kill the 3 eyed Raven because he holds the memoies of the 7 kingdoms and without him there wouldn't be memories and everyone would be like the dead because dead holds no memory.

So in my conclusion without time, it will feel like we're dead because there wouldn't be future or past.

So for me, I’m thankful for time, for the memories and for the changes and let's not forget about the constants which are places that stay the same and the people who grow with me to remind us that there was once a past now that we're in the future

If you’re reading this, maybe it’s time to revisit a place from your past too. You might be surprised what it tells you.

Thanks for reading 😊🤗