Today–again–I had someone ask me about time management. We ask to manage time, as if we can control it. We are told to think only of the present moment, yet our mind–at least mine does, anyway–keeps walking ahead of us and wondering how much time we have and questioning our management skills.
The question is not “how much time do we have?” Because in each day, the answer is the same, we have exactly the same amount.
We have all there is.
The question then becomes “what shall we do with it?” Will we let this priceless gift slip away from us in haphazard activities, or should we adopt some plan for a ’systematic’ doing of our lives? How can we determine what things are worth giving time to?
We are using our time well when we are playing it out doing the things that we were meant to do with our lives. If a challenge has been put in front of us, a friend that needs to be called, a small service that enriches someone needs to be done, a book that needs to be written, a child that needs to be consoled, we are being asked to do them. There is enough time to do all that we are meant to do each day, and to do it gloriously.
The most reckless spendthrift in the world is the one who squanders time. There is no waste. There is no managing. There is just the opportunity to use time wisely, or not, and do the things that we are meant to do.
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