How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

Every single thing that happens to us influences our perspective on life. Some large events affect us more. With the passage of time, we are granted the gift of wisdom. Hopefully we use what we’ve learned. People sometimes lament about getting older. The truth is, getting older is a privilege denied to many.

I have no deep philosophizing for this prompt. Instead, I thought of song lyrics to a accompany my response.

This song has always had a very mellow feel to me. It reminds me of another time. Maybe sitting on a school bus listening to the radio, heading to or from school. The other kids laughing and talking, throwing stuff over my head. The gym-like smell of the seats. Did other people have bus drivers who let them listen to the radio? Please let me know in the comments, because my bus was jamming.

Time (Clock of the Heart) – Culture Club

Don’t put your head on my shoulder
Sink me in a river of tears
This could be the best place yet
But you must overcome your fears

Oh, in time
It could have been so much more
The time is precious I know
In time
It could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Because
Time won’t give me time
And time makes lovers feel
Like they’ve got something real
But you and me
We know we’ve got
Nothin’ but time
And time won’t give me time
Won’t give me time
(Time, time, time)

Don’t make me feel any colder
Time is like a clock in my heart
Touch we, touch was the
Heat too much
I felt I
Lost you from the start

Oh, in time
It could have been so much more
The time is precious I know
In time
It could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Oh, in time
It could have been so much more
The time is precious I know
In time
It could have been so much more
The time has nothing to show

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: George O’Dowd / Jonathan Moss / Michael Craig / Roy Ernest Hay

Time (Clock of the Heart) lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CTM Publishing, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), Songtrust Ave, Warner Chappell Music, Inc