Throughout all of our experience. through every aspect of the world and universe we inhabit, runs that mysterious something called Time. The clock, "deputy" for the sun and stars, tells us it is time to get up, time to go to school or to work, time to put the roast in the oven or to eat it, time to retire. Setting out on a journey. we check timetables of train or plane against our watches: putting out to sea, we must relate time to distance in order to find our way Time, which gives continuity and pattern to life, also brings disruption and death. There is nothing under the sun, or over it, of which we cannot say: "This, too time will pass away". To any person. the most important single unit of time is that of his own stay on earth. Birth, marriage, the arrival of children make milestones which we remember and celebrate with birthdays and anniversaries. Time is a great teacher a great healer, a great leveller. It stands still, slips away from us, or flies past us. We can save time or lose it. spend time or waste it me is money!), even beat it or kill it