Some say time is meaningless,
some say it doesn’t exist.
I say it is real but mysterious,
we don’t know all its labyrinths.
Through telescopes
we see stars being born
billions of years ago.
We can walk on mountains
once under oceans
crunch fossils of sea creatures under our toes.
We can read epochs of tens of millions of years
in the rainbow striations of canyons.
We can hold a billion-year-old grain of sand
in the palm of our hand.
We can look back in time
but the future is unwritten.
Through science we can make predictions,
learn the intricate dynamics of change,
evolution, revolution,
use imagination
to dream big dreams and fight for them,
create reality once only science fiction.
The human species is all about adaptability.
We don’t need to suffer any longer
wars, poverty, hunger, destruction
rooted in a thoroughly outdated system.
As the great Doctor Jane said
in a message to be shared after her death:
‘These are dark times.
We each have our time here on earth,
we must use it to make a difference.
We are running out of time
but together we could save our beautiful planet,
our only home, and our precious species─
don’t stop fighting
for the future of humanity.
This is no time for acquiescence.’
About Time
(for Dr. Jane Goodall)