I didn't ask for time

Possession of something tangible or intangible comes in two ways: 1. acquiring by self; or 2. given to you by someone. Death is inevitable. Life is possible. The two are intangible possessions we never asked for, hence there is not true entitlement to it. What we determine to do with the time between them is questionable.

Time is inescapable, thus cannot be avoided. What do you do with something in your possession, that you are not entitled to and you never asked for? Do you re-gift it?

Re-gifting is not necessarily a bad thing, although low-budget and cost-cutting, in the end you have given to someone that didn't have what you have given to them. It is now up to the receiver of the gift to determine what to do with it.

We never asked for time, yet it is in our possession. Since we possess time, it is up to us to decide how to use it. If thrown away, there is a negative reflection on our lives. If used wisely, there is a positive reflection on our lives. To the reflector of your life, have you decided what they will see?

I encourage us all to leave a legacy that will be a positive reflection on how your time was spent... how you used a gift given to you by someone you may not even know... and how you used a gift you didn't ask for nor was entitled to.

Yes, I am the inescapable, the irresistible,
The unnegotiable, the unchallenged [who dat?]
I am time
I scroll in measurements, control the elements,
I hold the evidence, I tell the story [say what?]
I am time
I know no prejudice, I bare no sentiments
For wealth or settlement, I move forward [who you?]
I am time
You can't recover me, conceal or smuggle me,
Retreat or run from me, crawl up or under me,
You can't do much for me besides serve
Me well and have good dividends returned to you
Or attempt to kill me off and have me murder you
Many have wasted me but now they are facing me,
Treated me unfaithfully and now endure me painfully
Plaintively, I wait to see what history will shape to be,
Whos hearts will never die inside the sake of me
Angel's scribe the page for me,
Keep a full account of all the names for me
And make a special mark for Hurricane who waited patiently

~Mos Def, Hurricane