The Clock Ticks Slowly But Surely

How quickly the time passes. It was only a few weeks ago and the flowers were beginning to blossom and the plants began to peek out of the ground. New growth seemed to be there every day. Now the plants are starting to die, the flowers are now losing their bloom and soon we will be harvesting the crops and the old dead growth will be burned and destroyed. The life and beauty that brought so much joy and satisfaction is once again fading away for another year. It won't be long and the snow and cold of winter will replace the green and warmth of the summer. The changing seasons reflect the changing of the times of our lives. In just a twinkling of an eye our lives change from summer to fall and then to winter. Time passes so quickly by and we can do nothing to slow it down. If we only realized "that it is not how long we live but what we do with how long we live that matters". Is the life we live one that brings help and hope to others or is it a life that is lived only for our own selfish wants and desires? Life lived only for self is life not lived at all.