Many people who live their lives comfortably numb awaken to the reality that time waits for no-one. Once time has passed it has passed. It is as real as the reality of time takes time. Such seemingly opposing realities are a paradox. In other words both realities are true. Those of us who have lived a large part of our lives comfortably numb, even while living in recovery, might have difficulty understanding and accepting that time wouldn’t or couldn’t wait for us. What happens to us is that we finds ourselves well into the second half of life before we understand or realize that we are half-way dead. It sounds cruel but we do need to start accepting the changes that are occurring in our bodies and the differing functionable abilities that occur in our minds. Our reality is that we are less able to do what we could once do easily. Most of us accept this as our new reality. Part of this is learning the reality of melancholy and at times frustration. Another reality is some of us might become kinder, wiser and more generous people. When we are comfortable, and no longer comfortably numb we see the benefits of the time we have spent in this world. We have been gifted the gift of time. It’s a privilege many don’t experience. Peace.
