It’s Just a Matter of Time
Time — it’s the one thing we all share but understand so differently. It’s always ticking, slipping through our fingers like sand, yet we are always in pursuit of controlling it. We wait for time to heal, time to reveal, time to change everything, as if it’s some magical force that can fix the broken, lift the fallen, and erase the painful. But here’s the catch: time doesn’t owe us anything. It moves at its own pace, indifferent to our demands, yet we are all just players in its game.
Life has this peculiar way of teaching us that everything is temporary, whether it’s success, failure, joy, or sorrow. There was a time when I used to think that my struggles were permanent, that the weight of the world would always rest heavily on my shoulders. But as time moved, so did my circumstances. That’s the beauty of it — it changes us, often without us even noticing. You wake up one day, look back, and realize you aren’t the same person who faced that impossible challenge years ago. You survived. Not because time healed you, but because with time, you learned to heal yourself.
We all have these moments when we feel stuck, like we are drowning in our own confusion or overwhelmed by everything life has thrown at us. And during these times, it’s tempting to believe that nothing will ever improve. But then again, it’s just a matter of time before things shift, even in ways you can’t foresee. It’s like the tides. You can’t control when they’ll come in or go out, but they always change. So, when you feel lost, it’s not because you’ve lost your way — it’s just because time hasn’t revealed the next part of the path yet.
We spend so much energy worrying about things that will only be answered with time. Will I succeed? Will I find happiness? Will this pain ever go away? These are questions that haunt our minds, but the answers are not always immediate. You can prepare, work hard, even try to force outcomes, but sometimes, it’s about waiting and trusting that the universe is working in the background, even when you can’t see it.
We all know that time flies when we’re having fun, but it drags when we’re in pain. It’s cruel like that. But those slow moments, the ones that feel endless, they teach us patience. They teach us that no matter how hard we try, we can’t rush the process. We can only trust it. Every setback, every triumph, every mundane day in between is a brick in the road you are building. Each moment, no matter how insignificant it seems at the time, is shaping the person you are becoming.
It’s important to remember that time doesn’t just change circumstances — it changes us. The person you are today will not be the person you are tomorrow, and that’s okay. Growth takes time, and sometimes the best things in life come from those moments when you thought you were wasting it. There’s a certain grace in allowing yourself to evolve, to not have all the answers, to accept that where you are right now is exactly where you need to be, even if it doesn’t feel like it.
So, what do we do in the meantime? We live. We make mistakes. We laugh. We cry. We love. We lose. And we wait. Because it’s just a matter of time before everything shifts again. Those problems you’re so worried about now? They’ll either resolve themselves or become lessons. The people who are with you now? Some will stay, and some will go, because people change, too. And as much as we want to control everything around us, we can’t. But we can control how we spend the time we have. We can choose to fill it with moments that matter, with people who care, with experiences that make us feel alive.
In the end, life isn’t about rushing from one destination to the next. It’s about experiencing every moment for what it is, knowing that everything — good or bad — is temporary. If you’re struggling right now, know that it won’t last forever. If you’re thriving right now, enjoy it, because that too will pass. It’s just a matter of time. The clock keeps ticking, and we keep moving forward. And maybe, just maybe, that’s all we need to know.
