The Value of Time

I was looking for a relevant jurisprudence about TIME when I was lead to a separate dissenting opinion, which reminds me that time gone will never come back, just like love ones who left and will never be with us again because of death or someone who left because of choice of different journey with us.  They may be gone but we are still having our time for our own journey to continue and make the most out of it.  An excerpt from said opinion:

“… The world in which people live has two great dimensions: the dimension of space and the dimension of time. Nobody can say that the difference in time between two acts or events makes for a superficial difference. Such difference is the substance of human existence.  As the Bible says:

There is an appointed time for everything and

A time for every affair under the heavens.

A time to be born, and a time to die;

A time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.

A time to kill, and a time to heal;

A time to tear down, and a time to build.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh;

A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

A time to scatter stones, and 

A time to gather them;

A time to embrace, and a time to be far from  embraces.

A time to seek, and a time to lose;

A time to keep, and a time to cast away;

A time to rend, and a time to sew;

A time to be silent and a time to speak.

A time to love, and a time to hate;

A time of war, and a time of peace.

(Ecclesiastes 3:1-8, New American Bible)

Recognizing the irreversibility of time is indispensable to every sound decision that people make in their lives everyday, like not combing the hair that is no longer there. In time, parents let their married children leave to make their own homes. Also, when a loved one passes away, he who is left must know that he cannot bring back the time that is gone. He is wise to move on with his life after some period of mourning. To deny the truth that the difference in time makes for substantial difference in human lives is to deny the idea of transition from growth to decay, from life to death, and from relevant to irrelevant.

(Separate Dissenting Opinion of J. Abad, G.R. No. 192935 and G.R. No. 193036, December 7, 2010)

*Underscoring is mine.