Everybody has time- Whatever we build with that time will cost us our lives.
Dive with me into the stagnant pond of my mind. Below the surface, even more frightening and amphibious ideas will greet us. – Oh la la.
I cannot stand the eternity of two minutes it takes to brush my teeth. I’m the reluctant owner of a toothbrush that tells me it’s time to switch rows and cuts off when time is up.
On the other hand, two minutes isn’t long enough. I want to prolong the time to laugh with friends, view the sunsets from my front porch, or watch a vain adult fall in a looney tune kind of way- the things I wish lasted forever.
Two minutes is two minutes, no matter how you split it. But what we do in those minutes will color how we remember it, how we feel going through it, and what we have left after it ends.
Whoa, I just got trippy there for a minute. I was holding my breath too long.
I guess what I’m saying is that time management is a joke. We have task management – deciding “what to do with the time given to us, Meriadoc.”
See, in those 3 seconds, I decided to alienate everybody who doesn’t watch Lord of The Rings. FTW, fellow nerds.
In another decision to skip a bunch of contexts, I’ll summarize my thoughts: We all have precious minutes; HOW we live out our minutes is our choice. The idea of finding more imaginary minutes in the future is a fable.
I contend we don’t lack time. We lack courage. It takes courage not to go to sleep, not to put off what matters for what doesn’t, and to live larger than what we see on the screen that takes us further from a life well-lived.
All our minutes live right now, so we should start living courageously now. We should make the risky moves now. We could give thanks for our blessings now, and when we can’t find them, squeeze our fists hard and remember all the people and moments that loved us into existence- now.
And then decide, what is worth doing with all of my nows, all of my minutes?
And it can be a tremendous amount of fun if we choose.
-J
