Time is something we neither own nor control. It just keeps flowing, passing by us, while we fail in our attempts to catch it or stop it. For some it feels slower, for others faster, but every moment, every second, every hour and day is gone for good, irrevocably, with no way back.
That is why wasting time is the most unforgivable thing. When someone delays things, or when you rely on someone and they keep you waiting. When a promise is made but not kept. When someone plays with another person’s time, focused only on their own interests. When they are not honest or open. When there is no communication.
That kind of lost time cannot be forgiven.
Time does not come back and does not change. When the lights around you start to fade, when other hearts stop or drift far away, when you can no longer feel someone’s presence, only then do you understand what you have lost.
Be honest and open with yourself and with others, and value what is a precious gift. And if right now you are not doing something that truly matters, think about what you are wasting and if it is really worth it.
Because your own number of grains of sand is already set, even if you had the biggest hourglass in the world.
© 2026 Nikola Vasilev