"Chronos- repetitive ticking of the clock, [TIME AS A MEASUREMENT]
Kairos - unrepeatable moment when events of great significance come to be gathered in the life of an individual or people" p. 41
The idea of time as chronos and kairos fascinates me. I like how the modern world combines both of these concepts of time into a balanced belief system. Chronos helps us organise our day and live by the clock. It gives a quantifiable measurement, a number, that appropriates our tasks for the day; it helps us schedule. I know that I wake up on Monday mornings by 7:30am in order to get to work by 8am. I have class at 11am as well as 12pm. If there wasn't some perception of time as chronological, my daily schedule would be chaotic. At the same time, I have difficulty perceiving time as chronos because I don't really believe in time. I believe time is a facet of the human imagination - merely something we use to keep our days in order. I prefer the idea of Kairos infinitely more. The idea that there is a given moment for everything is poetic, in a way. Kairos goes more hand in hand with destiny and fate. Whatever is fated to happen in a given moment will happen - it cannot be rushed. I like this perception of time better because it encourages the motiff of "Carpe Diem;" seize the day. Living in the moment and taking the events at hand for what it is worth rather than living for the future or the past: the chronological events to come or what has already passed. Chronos, to me, makes an individual entirely too hopeful for what is to come whereas Kairos allows for one to appreciate the given moment more.
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