Where did the time Go? Inside out
- Magical Mindful Living
- 2 days ago
- 3 min read
We are late for the school 100th time in a row. This time stupid socks that take ages to put on. And the shorts that always go the wrong side front. So, after overcoming all these troubles and looking at the clock ⏰️ it's always late. But hey? Isn't that funny? Where did the time go?
Time did go somewhere, right? If it did not it should be here. But it is not here now. Now is not the time that came before. Now is a new time. But where is the old time? We started searching for our time.

Where did the time go?
We looked everywhere. We looked under the bed. Under pillows. In the kitchen cabinet and the fruit basket. We even checked the old toy basket where Elsa and Ana were sleeping with their broken arms. But we couldn't find time. The precious time which was no longer there we couldn't find. Where did it go?
Is it in the clock?
Then, all of a sudden little Lilly white realized where it went! It must be hidden in the clock! After all that is where we read the time right. We figured out we were five minutes late just by looking at the clock. Everyone was amazed by Lilly whites' wisdom. We all stared at the clock. For a full minute. The hour hand did not move at all. The minute hand made a bare minimum move. But this second hand moved a full turn, just like that a whole minute passed and it again became past. But where did it go? We couldn't see it In the clock. It's a strange feeling to look at the clock which measures time, which we cannot see where its coming from. We cannot see where it goes to. Nobody has even ever seen this little bugger, the monster time. Yet here is the device apparently which measures time. Does it even measure time? Who can prove it measures time. We kept on looking. Naaah. It cannot be hidden in the clock.

Is it outside?
We looked outside in the grass. Behind the doors where we used to hide and seek. We checked the garden, and on the mango tree. We looked at the sky. Each moment we felt like the time is mocking us. It seemed going past us, but nobody could find where it went. Then again. Lily White came for the rescue. Maybe it is in our thoughts. Anyway, that is how we know it went past us right?
Is it inside?
We all sat on a couch and started looking at our thoughts. Somehow that felt true. Time seems to be trapped in our thoughts. Thoughts about past. Like in the thoughts of last weekend when we went to the turtle beach to meet turtles and coral fish. That wonderful Sunday morning is not here today. But we feel like it happened somehow. Its in our memory. Then again, Lilly white thought, thoughts about turtle beach are not actual thoughts which happened on the beach. These are just another set of thoughts happening now. Closely mimic those past thoughts. It seems somehow time is again invisible. Maybe we cannot find him, because he is not there.
At least, we now know where it is hidden, so where to look for next time. But now, it's late. Assuming time is there, we are late for school. So we all rushed through the garden and the traffic, just before the final bell rang. Another morning gone. Mixed with the memories of the past, hidden in the attic of fairies. Just like that, in the movie "Inside out" of Riley's . Lilly White thought to herself.

Inside out
Inside Out is a Pixar animated film that explores the emotions inside the mind of an 11-year-old girl named Riley. When Riley’s family moves to a new city, her emotions — Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust — struggle to help her cope with the big change. Joy and Sadness accidentally get lost inside Riley’s mind, leaving the other emotions in charge. As they journey back, Riley learns that it’s okay to feel sad sometimes, and that all emotions are important in helping her grow and adapt to life’s challenges.
Maybe as the years pass, more and more time goes into the brain, eventually flooding it. And the flood of time causes other brain components to get washed out, such as memories, language skills and other cognitive abilities — a condition generally known as dementia.