A Passage from the Book the time keeper

I'm reading a book by Mitch Albom, "the time keeper." A passage on page 8 tickles my heart.

"Try to imagie a life without timekeeping.

You probably can't. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a scchedule, a calendar, a tie for dinner or a movie.

Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watcch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays.

Man alone measures time.

Man alone chimes the hour.

And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures.

A fear of time running out."