Imagine
a life without timekeeping. You probably cant. You know the month,
the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall. You
have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner. Yet all around you,
timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check
its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone
measures time. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing
fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running
out.