A Year of Time. .

 By Steven B. Cloud, Wahiawa

Though even thinking on the subject of time may prove discomforting, it is not a bad idea—especially at the beginning of a new year.

As we look into 2012 we look at a block of time. We see 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, 31,536,000 seconds. And all is a gift from God. We have done nothing to deserve it, earn it, or purchased it. Like the air we breathe, time comes to us as a part of life.

The gift of time is not ours alone. It is given equally to each person. Rich and poor, educated and ignorant, strong and weak—every man, woman and child has the same twenty-four hours every day.

Another important thing about time is that you cannot stop it. There is no way to slow it down, turn it off, or adjust it. Time marches on.

And you cannot bring back time. Once it is gone, it is gone. Yesterday is lost forever. If yesterday is lost, tomorrow is uncertain. We may look ahead at a full year’s block of time, but we really have no guarantee that we will experience any of it.

"I Am Walking Behind You" by Eddie Fisher

Obviously, time is one of our most precious possessions. We can waste it. We can worry over it. We can spend it on ourselves. Or, as good stewards, we can invest it in the kingdom of God.

The new year is full of time. As the seconds tick away, will you be tossing time out the window, or will you make every minute count?

Platinum Horseshoe has had a good year. The hits went up steadily with the help of Tim and Kapolei Chapter HBDA. Then even highter with a little blogging from Richard Sun. Then my fault and we hit the wall. Fortunately, Richard was able to find the loophole and we are back in business and the hits are very good. Since I like to keep the blogs somewhat territorial, Platinum will now cover the  areas of Waipio and all the way to the North Shore. There have always been flickers of dancing in the North Shore.

"It's My Party (it's my party and I'll cry if I want to) by Lesley Gore

They will have Dot's In Wahiawa, solid dance news and then we may get a little information from Wahiawa Ballroom Dance Club. Perhaps someday Whitmore Village will decide they want to join and then there is Mililani Chapter, HBDA which could get going with some progressive thinking as in Kapolei. Then they will probably include the new Dance Pavilion at the Patsy Mink Recreation Park. And I can see 100 hits per day. A year from now we can rename it.