Shovevim is a time for Teshuva in all areas of Holiness. We know that Teshuva is a two-pronged process that requires rectifying the past and strengthening ourselves for the future. This means that repentance is more than saying sorry - it's creating a vessel to concretize the change.
The Tzadikim have revealed that one crucial tool for Teshuvah is through the Avodah of Shmiras HaZman, maximizing time. The Kotzker Rebbe is quoted as saying, "I don't want my Chassidim not to do Aveiros, I want them to be so busy doing Mitzvos that they don't have time to do the wrong thing!"
It is understandable how Shmiras HaZman gears us up for a brighter post-Teshuvah future, but as we first set out, that is only one side of the coin! What about being Metaken the past?
Taivos, lusts and improper passions are connected to the impure side of the element of water. This is because water essentially has no Tzurah, no particular form. It goes in which ever way gravity pulls it without any resistance (compare to: the automatic turn of the head when not in control of Shmiras Einayim). Not having Tzurah in one's life reflects this Bechinah, this water-theme and naturally feeds into Nefilos, stumbling in Kedusha. The saying goes, idle hands are the devil's playground. Failures in spirituality - particularly in areas of Kedusha - stem from having too much free time.
This is why the Dor HaMabul - a generation steeped in perversion - was punished specifically with a flood, a direct reflection of how damaging no Tzurah - the Bechinah of water - can be.
Says R' Tzvi Maier Zilberberg shlit"a, Avinu SheBaShomayim deals with us Midah K'Neged Midah, measure for measure, tit for tat. If we show HaKadosh Baruch Hu that we don't want to lose a second, then He will return to us all of our "lost moments". Becoming masters of Tzurah triggers a divine reality that rewards us by making our pasts match our presents. Shmiras HaZman from this point forwards retroactively corrects all of the "idle hands" that blemish our personal record.
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