कालः पचति भूतानि, कालः संहरते प्रजाः ।
कालः सुप्तेषु जागर्ति, कालो हि दुरतिक्रमः ॥
Time "digests" (or processes) all that has come into being, and time "takes back" all that has been born. While everything else sleeps, time is awake, and time is truly impossible to overcome.
Time is the unseen thread that runs through all memories, sunrises, and heartbeats. We fear its unavoidable flow, evaluate our accomplishments in its passage, and awaken to its beat. Beneath its pervasiveness, however, is a dilemma that has troubled philosophers, poets, and scientists alike: is time only a product of our imagination, or is it a universal reality that exists outside from us?
From one perspective, time appears to have been created by us—a framework we constructed to give order to the chaos of life. Time zones, clocks, and calendars are unquestionably human inventions. The twelve-month year, the seven-day workweek, the concept of a "weekend" or a "deadline"