If I were to run a search on my blog for the most commonly used word, the likelihood that it would come up with “time” is a one hundred percent. I am constantly amazed at how quickly time flies. I remember getting excited about the weekend on Friday, but it's already Sunday morning and time to get ready for the week. For that matter, it's already May. We are in 2008. Can you believe that?!

However,  only recently I am beginning to appreciate time's role as a healer for myriad of things, all the more for trivial negative emotions, such as temptations, irritability, anger and disappointments. When I find myself succumbing to the temptation of grabbing that snack from the vending machine, the saner voice in me reminds, “give it some time, if you feel the same way after an hour, go ahead and grab that snack”. Guess what? Giving that one hour did heal the temptation. Likewise, for irritability and anger. When I find myself snapping at Arvind or Atul, I give myself a time out, to remind me that all the anger or irritability will heal in few minutes but the damage inflicted from it will last longer. This realization has been powerful to me and hopefully will help me stay in tune with the bigger picture.

And then there are things like hunger which you wish healed by itself so that you don't have to rake your brain about what to cook for today. On that note, my "me" time is up, enjoy the rest of the weekend.