Not Stolen By Time

By Ron Cornelius

Our gift of time is precious! We are granted an allotment of finite time. Your choice is to live in the NOW where beauty and magic lie. Make it your constant desire and passion to live each moment with joy, kindness, and hope.
The key is to live your life within a state of timelessness. Slow down! Take time to notice what is happening within you. The joy is to focus on what fulfills you, and advances your inner peace.
Not Stolen by Time puts you in a state of mind and heart that will encourage you, to take a deep dive into your inner self –where the beauty of nature will calm your center.
Become the master of your moments. Seek joy and discover inner peace!

• Language: English
• Publisher: SWL Media and Learning Center
• Release date: Nov 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215328576

Ron Cornelius

Ron grew up in Northern Illinois. He attended Northern Illinois University, Eastern Washington State, and the University of Illinois (master's degree – Rockford College). He taught Language Arts and English in the Rockford, Illinois, public schools for thirty-five years. He was also a Guidance Counselor, Coach, and gifted writer.

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Not Stolen By Time

Ron Cornelius

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Copyright

Editor and Publisher

Dedication

Introduction

Precious Time

When Summer Comes

Eden Moments

Downward Gaze

For the Love of Nature

Living in the Now

Some Day in Years to Come

For the Love of a Tree

The Stream

The Lake and The Fisherman

Veiled and Concealed

Love and Loss

A Love Story

Little Golden Threads

Farewell My Friend

Schism

The United States of Misguided Priorities

Final Rising

Two Short Stories

A Mother’s Gift

Kevin's Helmet

Author's Closing Notes

Copyright

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Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author.

Editor and Publisher

SWL Media and Learning Center

Ocala, Florida

www.SWLmedia.com

Lawrence W. Paz Owner

Dedication

I'm endebted to Mervyn and Larry Paz my editors and mentors. Their guidance and patience made this book possible. They are a blessing times ten.

Introduction

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Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes in a year. How do you measure the time you are experiencing in your life? Do you see the finiteness of time?

In the play Rent, there is a song called Seasons of Love. This wonderful song seeks not only to shock us but to challenge us to stop and notice the fleeting passage of time. What is the purpose of time in your life? What direction is time taking you? Can you make time stand still long enough to notice and live in the present moment?

Can you condense time to match your unique pace? The painful truth is our sped-up culture does not see the preciousness of time. Time seemingly moves silently and is so elusive we dismiss what is happening around us and within us. It seems we have a blindness to the exquisite beauty of our NOWNESS.

Our minds keep racing, fractured and confused, and distracted to the point where fatigue and defeat set in. The subject of time reaches beyond our ability to understand it as it passes us by.

Have we become like deer in headlights? When bewilderment and powerlessness enter our thinking, we enter a state where much of our ideal life and hopes and dreams leave us as mere spectators. Are we just onlookers and witnesses to our own life?

Surely, a deep sadness sets in as we view our life as a series