Today marks the final day of the first half of the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Six. Isn't it amazing how time flies?

It's as if we are in a time warp sometimes. My friends, there is a very good reason for that... we are!

Many studies have shown that the way humans perceive time is that it goes faster and faster as we grow older. For a toddler, an hour can seem like an eternity while for an adult, those hours speed by faster each day. Time, our most precious of treasures, has a way of teasing us by disappearing a little more quickly every moment.

So please enjoy your time to the fullest because every sixty seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you will never get back.

Have a sage and cheerful 4th of July weekend!