Time is the very lens through which ye see–small and clear, as men see through the wrong end of a telescope–something that would otherwise be too big for ye to see at all. That thing is Freedom: the gift whereby ye most resemble your Maker and are yourselves parts of eternal reality. But ye can see it only through the lens of Time, in a little clear picture, through the inverted telescope. It is a picture of moments following one another and yourself in each moment making some choice that might have been otherwise. . C.s. Lewis
About This Quote

We use the word “time” to describe a series of related events. But, we often fail to consider that what we consider “time” is actually a perception. We see the events that occur in our life, and then we try to make sense of them by assigning reasons for their occurrence. In reality, time is not an event, but it is a series of events.

In other words, every moment of our lives can be considered a line of time where we make decisions and take actions that will lead us to the next moment. As a result, your perception of time changes depending on how you perceive each moment you live in.

Source: The Great Divorce

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