Before I get carried away and forget I will wish everyone a Happy New Year and a great 2024.
However, at the end of the year I start thinking about time and say, "Where ever did the year go?" or "That year sure went by in a hurry." or "That was a short year. " or "The years are getting shorter."
The older we get , the more we feel that time is going by much faster.
Well, there's a reason why we think that time is going by much faster.
On our first year, that is 100% of our life. On our tenth birthday the tenth year is 10% of our whole life at that time.
On our 50th year one year is 2% of our whole life. So because each year is less of our life in percentage we feel as if time is going faster. One year is still 365 1/4 days like it's always been. Our sense of time is a little bit deluded.
For me, the year 2023 was 1.29% of my whole life.
I also think back to one of the more important New Years. It was 2000, the coming of a new millennium.
Remember how stressed we were as to what might happen. Would there be a total break down? The new millennium came and went without total melt down. Now we look back and say, "What was that all about?"
New Year's Eve in 1964 I met a special little lady who attracted my attention. Here we are 60 years later and still attracting each other's attention.
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