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The days are long but the years are short

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Time is Ticking Away every Second

This is a phrase that was kept reiterating to me by various blogs online, by people around me etc – people reminded one another to be with your kids while they still need you when they are young.

However, I strongly disagree to this phrase. This phrase is totally wrong, absolutely wrong. This phrase is to trick people to believe that time are slow (in days) but yet fast in (years). TOTALLY WRONG!

The correct phrase should be:

Both the days and years are short. In fact, time is ticking away every single second. For each passing day, you will have one less day with your dear spouse, parents, children or even for yourself.

Lessons Learnt

I have learnt my lessons in the very hard way. Do see my related posts earlier:

Please live a Fulfilling Life Everyday Every Moment

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

We always thought that we have more time to play with your kids while they are growing up every day very fast. With a blink of an eye while you are busy hustling away 9 to 5, trying to earn more and more money (maybe you already have enough, but you keep thinking you don’t. Read this post: You will likely never run out of money with 1 million: Expectation vs Reality), they are already so big. They no longer want to play with you. They want to go out with friends. By then no matter how rich you are, 10 millions/10 billions, they still rather go out with friends. You missed it means missed it. There is no reset button.

(I wrote the above in my article Truly understand Living in the Moment now before.)

Why do I repeat again?

My mum passed away on 19 Jan 2023. It has been more than 2 months. We missed her.

My dad now suddenly become weaker, in and out hospital since then for at least 3 times, with the most recent one come out on Sunday afternoon, then went back on Monday afternoon. Our fear is that he will go through the same cycle as my mum, needing a full time caregiver soon. Maybe touch wood, he will join her also sooner or later.

Now my youngest daughter will be 5 years old today. Happy Birthday! She was only my arm length 5 years ago. Now she can talk, walk and play with me, but I know this won’t last. Sadly now most of the time, her daily “working hours” are longer than mine (example 9 Hours 50 Mins below).

Watch this interesting Youtube

Recently came across this interesting touching commercial by a railway company in Japan. Perhaps this video is a good remind to everyone that

Both the days and years are short. In fact, time is ticking away every single second. For each passing day, you will have one less day with your dear spouse, parents, children or even for yourself.

刚出街的相铁·东急直通线周年纪念广告，一镜到底拍的「父と娘の風景」篇（Father and Daughter) 也太催泪了吧！⚠️有女儿的男性盆友们慎入！

This commemorative advertisement by Sagami Railway is too tear jerking, plus it’s done in one take. ⚠️ Friends with daughters you are forewarned not to click!

In the first “scene” girl to Daddy: it’s so far
Daddy replies: be patient we’ll get there real soon!
第一“幕”小女孩撒娇对爸拔抱怨：好远啊！
爸拔耐心的劝宝宝：等一下下很快就到了呢！

Twelve years passed on and in the last scene, daddy says to girl: Tokyo (pause intensify), it’s so far away
Girl smiles and replies: no worries, we’ll get there real soon!
And girl smiles after daddy alights.
十二年如白驹过隙
最后那幕老爸先到站了，回首过去送女儿上学的一幕幕，下车前转头对女儿说：东京（意味深长的停顿）好远啊！
女儿笑着安慰老爸：放心，一下下就到了呢！
老爸下车后，在老爸看不见的车里，女儿笑了🥹

You may think the kids don’t miss those moments like you do, but the truth is the time you spent with them will make a mark deep inside their being, in the form of love and sense of security.
对于你而言一起的时光是一幕幕色彩鲜明的画面，但对于孩子们而言一起的时光是刻在她们骨子里的爱与安全感❤️

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Money just buy you the chance of freedom.

When you are young and working, you exchange time for money. When you are old, you can have lots of money but you can’t buy time back, especially the things that you have missed while busying striking out in career. Of course, if you love your career, and consciously know that you are missing out the first time your child walk or talk, that’s ok, but if you are the other spectrum, please do something about it.

Your kids grew up and they no longer need you to accompany them. They no longer want to sit on your lap to share/do things with you…all these time you spent in your 9 to 6 or even longer cubicles…can the money that you have earned by you back these?

We always thought we have more time with our old parents, but we are wrong. Time with them is ticking away every day. One day it will suddenly be gone. There is no regret medicine, no reset in time. Gone is gone and cannot come back. No matter you are billionaires or millionaires, you cannot reset this.

We always thought that we have more time with our spouse every day, but we are wrong. One day they will be gone too. When you read this, please go tell your spouse that you love him/her and he or she is the best thing that you ever had in your life.

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REMEMBER:

Love your life daily.

You have one less day with your spouse, parents, children and yourself.

Time is ticking away.

For each passing day,

Enjoy and Treasure your Life!

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