TIME

What exactly IS time? Time is often referred to as an imaginary boundary, a man-made division of an ongoing immeasurable piece of fabric in our lives, but in reality, and in our daily lives; time is the most essential element we know. Without it there are no days, nights, months, years, etc… Without time there is no way in which to order our actions, leaving us in a swirl of meaningless void. Therefore I submit to you that time is real, that it exists, and that it is the primary element for which to base our every move, thought, and action upon. This makes time the most important aspect of our lives.

If we are to have meaning in our lives, we must both use this time properly, and above all, respect it. How a man uses his time is his personal choice, an act of free will per se, but the focus of this lesson is respecting time. If we choose to spend this all-precious commodity playing marbles, watching Andy Griffith, playing solitaire, and so forth, we disrespect time. We assign a lesser value to it. If we allocate a goodly portion of our time in effort to better our world, to enhance our lives and the lives of others, or any other worthy pursuit, we are then showing our love and respect to this special gift of time.

Let not others take this gift from you in meaningless unworthy chase. Nor allow yourself to squander it in petty amusement or for purposes of no true bearance of fruit. Remember that at the end of your days you shall be measured by that which you did with your time, how your gift of time was spent. Do not be that fellow on his death bed that looks at his hands and says “What have I done? Useless!”

And know that no man in recorded history ever said upon his deathbed “I wish I could have spent just one more day playing solitaire.”

Peace