When I am in Manhattan, I don’t measure distance by distance. I measure distance by time. I think to myself, how long would it take to go to this store, or to visit that person, or to travel to that doctor’s appointment?
When I am in a more spread out place, like Kansas City, I asked myself the same question, even though in this case I am driving. How long will it take to get to this store, or to visit that person, or to travel to that doctor’s appointment?
So it is clear that distance, measured in feet or in miles, is not at all what is significant to us. What is significant to us is time. The distance we measure is the distance from morning until evening, and ultimately from the beginning of our lives to the end of our lives.
After all, isn’t that the kind of distance that really matters to us?