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Time
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Time is Money?
Time is money some people say but time only has apparent value, it cannot be bought,
sold, traded or stored. Time only has value based upon how you use the time allotted
to your lifeline. If you use your time taking the steps to your own personal destiny
then you are maximizing this apparent value of time. If you spend your time on
the rivers shore watching the most important opportunities
in your life float by then you are wasting your time. If you still believe money
is worth more than your time you may not have reached the realization
stage yet.
What do I need a bucket for?
Your life time is a measured time interval, it has
a beginning middle and end. This time interval began the day you were born and
will end the day you die, at this point you are somewhere in the middle. This
interval of time representing your life is like caring a leaky bucket of water.
Time is represented by the water. You have just one bucket to carry along your
entire life time. The leak in the bottom of your bucket is allowing your time
to run out. You do not know how far you will have to travel with your bucket,
how fast the water is leaking, or most important, how full was the bucket when
you began your journey. Look down at the bucket in your hand to see how much time
remains.
How much time do you have?
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Bucket is always full: Many people act as if their bucket is always full to
the top. They think about everything they want to do with their life, they are
just waiting around for their winning lottery number to come up, then they can
start living their dream. "I got my lucky ticket, now I can kickback on the
couch to see what is on the Springer show today." Look back in time a few
days or weeks and think about how you have used your time. Are you happy with
the choices you have made? |
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Instantly: The words killed instantly come to mind when I think about the
concept of time. The newspaper or TV news always refers to different accidents
or stories where people were fatally injured as, "the victims were killed
instantly". Whether it was a gunshot, plane crash, or bad automobile accident,
the idea that these people died instantly is supposed to make us feel better.
At least they did not suffer people would say. In this concept it is not so important
how these people died on their final day, but what is important is how did these
people choose to live? How full was their bucket of time when they walked out
the door that morning, could they smell the Gardenias on the tree near their front
door, did they tell their intimate bonded partner just how much they loved them?
Did they talk with their child or give them a kiss before they left the house?
Did they have a smile on their face as they headed off to work, more importantly
were they living their life to the fullest, cherishing ever day of life as if
it were their last? Do you think they walked out the door that morning realizing
they would never come home again? Never to eat or sleep or have a conversation
with another human being? Do you think they had plans for tomorrow? What had they
put off until tomorrow? What words were in their thoughts, which would never be
spoken? What actions or gestures were they saving for tomorrow?
What are your plans for tomorrow? |
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is the day!: Most likely, you will not know when your life will end,
but let's flip this situation around 180 degrees, will anyone know for
certain the day they will choose to start living their life? When do you
want to start living your life? Next Friday or the Monday following that
business trip you have to take out of town. Wait a minute let me check
my iphone schedule, maybe I can fit this living my life concept
in a week from Tuesday, I have some free time then. Today can be the day
you start living your life! It is all up to you. When do you choose to
start living the life you desire? How much time remains in that leaky
bucket you have in your hand? What do you really want to say to people?
How do you want to connect with others? Reach out to others? Who do you
want to become tomorrow that you can start working on today? |
How
will you use your time today? Tomorrow?
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© A.T.
Willett 2003
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