02/365 - Doing nothing as a brake on Time (Philip Larkin)

“I'm terrified of the thought of time passing 

(or whatever is meant by that phrase)

 whether I 'do' anything or not. 

In a way I may believe, 

deep down, 

that doing nothing acts as a brake on 'time'-

 it doesn't of course.

 It merely adds the torment of having done nothing, 

when the time comes,

 when it really doesn't matter

 if you've done anything or not.”

  - Philip Larkin

(Philip Larkin: Letters to Monica)