What is (the) Time?

Time is as important as feeling as though you have it. The American work week is strategic. Not a bad thing to keep the masses distracted, right? Keeping us busy at work has got some political usage...we don't have time to sit around and think. Time is important for civic life, empathy, and social connection. Working Americans don't feel they have the time to be activists and do something about the things that really matter to them. But we must. We are citizens, we are participants. America is not a dictatorship. It is important to take the time to do things that give us purpose. We need to take time to experience, discover, and just be. In the end, time in itself isn't a thing; time is constructed.

Let's talk about the social construction of time. Modern-day Americans use clock time versus sacred time. It is normal to be shaped by the clock rather than shaped by biological time. Sacred time allows one to feel as if they have enough time whereas clock time possesses a sense of urgency. Clock time has led most Americans to feel like they don't have enough time to do all of the things they need and want to do. We need to be able to slow down and reflect. We need to be able to be peaceful in each moment. Time is all we've got.

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