Time
Time, possibly the most valuable thing we have in this life because it is so limited. As kids, we take it for granted. The days seem long. When is our next birthday? When is spring break, then summer, then the holidays until New Years? It seems to crawl. But, as we all know, time speeds up as we age. How can 24 hours go by so fast the older we get? It is astonishing. For many, by the time you realize it, it’s likely too late. We work hard most of our lives in order to eventually retire, with grand plans of travel, beaches, hanging with the family, doing whatever you can dream about when you are commuting to your job or reflecting before going to bed. So, what happens to that time? How does it escape us? What happens when you retire and realize you maybe didn’t save enough to travel. Or the family has their priorities as they grew and have less time for you. Or worse, your health is poor, and you can not do all those things you dreamt about.
So, my thought for the day. Do it now. I know Rona and her husband Philip live by this moto as does Fred (as seen by his past blog earlier this year). I am very guilty of putting off what I should or COULD do today and just wait until tomorrow. Maybe my meager upbringing and my parents relentless push not to spend, with the need to save for the future, has kept me from often not going for it. I see my younger neighbors spending (in excess at times) but they are always active with boating, sports, the gym memberships and they entertain often. We seem so boring by comparison. But I wonder, will they be happier later in life with possibly less saved up, but more great memories of their youth? I think maybe my parents had it wrong then. Life is too short, and time is not on anyone’s side. So, I agree with Fred. Just go for it now. It is hard mindset for me, but I am trying each day to maximize that ever elusive moment in time.
What is your concept of time and where do you want to spend it the most?
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Stay true to yourself, your family and let the world's opinion of you go jump in a lake!
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Your words remind me of my thoughts....
On Time
Joy is delivered when we are on life’s stage
Living from our own mind, from our own page
We write our destiny by finding reason in life’s rhyme
Because we can only live one line at a time
We choose how to arrange each given letter
Contours drawn by circumstances, for worse or for better
But we choose the order of our priority, our focus, our choice
The past has happened, the future awaits our present voice
In the present, we can be tense, or we can let our love flow
We are handed the letter, and what happens, we decide where to go
We control how we use our thoughts, our intellect, our sage
How to direct our passions, our allegiances, even our rage
Arrange and rearrange, there is no fixed pattern of right
But we each are entitled to bring out our own given sight
We decide what is important, of what we are and what we do
To withdraw within or to let our inner compass come through
We all put into context the chaos of every external person and thing
We have our say in what we contribute to most everything
Where will we put our gaze, what principles will we share?
When life challenges us with opportunities, will we dare?
Whirling through the universe, space relative to the moments we see
There is only the now, the here, the us, the choice to be
All that we can be, that we can bring to the situation at hand
That is all we can do, the parsing of time that we can understand
So grab it, seize the chance to make the most of the opportunity that is here
Keep your wits about you, appeal to your better mind, not your fear
Because at the end of your day, this will decide how your mission will go
And will determine the direction of your life, and how your inner purpose will flow
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