This is Why Time Cannot Be Kept

Posted on April 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

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Salvador Dali had it right:

Clocks cannot be trusted.

Not because they keep poor time,

but because time cannot be kept.

Instead, it keeps us

in cages made of minutes.

And yet the solution is not to escape,

but to find the place within time

where there is no time.

In the meantime,

time will keep us

and it will not melt

until we do

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34 Responses to This is Why Time Cannot Be Kept

  2. Michael Williams says:
    April 3, 2025 at 11:40 am

    i struggle often with the concept and rationalization of time in the context of what I value in my life. this is a profound perspective Mitch. i’ll be remembering this. Mike

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  3. Carolina Mom says:
    April 3, 2025 at 11:45 am

    True!

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  4. Anonymous says:
    April 3, 2025 at 11:51 am

    The exact thing I needed to hear today, Mitch. Thank you.

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  6. moragnoffke says:
    April 3, 2025 at 12:20 pm

    Lovely, if you don’t mind I would like to quote you in one of my future blogs. I will share your link.

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  7. L.G. says:
    April 3, 2025 at 12:21 pm

    So true

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  8. Caleb Cheruiyot says:
    April 3, 2025 at 12:22 pm

    Wonderful ♥️

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  9. Vanya Wryter Consulting says:
    April 3, 2025 at 12:53 pm

    Time definitely keeps us.

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  10. Erika says:
    April 3, 2025 at 1:17 pm

    That’s wonderfully said, time can only control US (if we let it) but we cannot control time. It is the place inside where time does not exist which brings peace and freedom.

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  11. Scott says:
    April 3, 2025 at 2:32 pm

    If Sal was here today he’d also suggest getting rid of daylight savings time 🙂

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  12. gattapazza says:
    April 3, 2025 at 2:41 pm

    Un pensiero bellissimo, se il tempo lo facciamo noi. Grazie!!!🐈🌹

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  13. Bronlima says:
    April 3, 2025 at 5:47 pm

    Time to start thinking!

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  14. Carl D'Agostino says:
    April 3, 2025 at 8:55 pm

    The time can be elusive. My sundial does not work when it’s cloudy or raining.

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  15. Brendan Shea says:
    April 4, 2025 at 12:42 am

    Beautifully spoken

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  17. gustavo_horta says:
    April 4, 2025 at 9:11 am

    Como descrever este sentimento? Pessoas no mundo passando fome! Hoje em dia! Passando fome? É, fome. Você consegue imaginar o que é isto? No mundo, no Brasil, no meu estado, na minha cidade, quem sabe, em meu bairro… Há fontes que dizem que são treze milhões no Brasil. Eu sinto vergonha, impotente que me sinto. E, para esta impotência não há qualquer ‘citrato de sildenafila’ que resolva. O que resolve a fome é alimento, comida. Pago meus impostos, e não é pouco, e não somos poucos a fazê-lo. Nunca (NUNCA) soneguei um único centavo, e não somos poucos a fazê-lo. Mas, […]

    https://gustavohorta.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/out-2012-revisado-medo-vergonha-impotencia/

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  18. roll on for pain relief says:
    April 4, 2025 at 9:25 am

    😍❤️‍🔥

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  19. pcviii03 says:
    April 5, 2025 at 7:52 am

    slaves to time

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  21. Jared says:
    April 10, 2025 at 7:18 pm

    I love that painting for some reason. The mountain in the back looks just like Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake where I frequently go on Blog trips.

    Reply

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