Gratuitous: The story behind the story

One thing humans can't control is time, time is endless, it does not stop, it does not slow down neither does it fast forward but somehow we always find ourselves in a never ending race against time. Time is our biggest predicament 24/7, 365 days a year we can't escape it. "Time heals all wounds" does it really? Or it just provides a way of forgetting the emotions?
A lot can be done in the space of 17 years, for some 17 years is of no value compared to the time they've served on planet earth in-fact it's unrealistic to say anyone will really achieve much in their first 13-20 years of existence but all I've needed is 17 short years to puzzle the grueling battle we call life. We've come really far and we still have to go really far but what an adventure it's been so far.
Perfect timing.