Perspectives on Time

Seems we all want "more time".  So, does daylight savings time give the false impression that we actually do have more time?  Regardless of the season, we must be awake to see the sunrise or to witness awakening. 

Here, in no particular order are some of my personal observations regarding time interspersed with thought provoking quotes.

 

Either you choose to control your own time, or someone else will control it for you.

 

“Lives are made up of millions of choices.  Some are made for you, but

it’s the choices you make that counts the most.”  Fish! Tale 

 

The one who complains the most about lack of time is the one who mismanages it most. 

 

“I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. 

That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. 

But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I’m stuck doing all of

whatever stuff it happens to be.”    Marilyn VosSavant

 

When I feel the time crunch, I realize my priorities may be out of order.

 

“Those who force time are pushed back by time;

those who yield to time find time on their side.” The Talmud

 

Busy-ness does not mean business.  Activity does not mean productivity. 

 

“Indeed, rest and work may involve similar activities done in a different spirit. 

The question is not about the activity itself but about the orientation of our hearts.”

Paul Marshall 

 

“When you don’t have time for a few minutes relaxation, that is when you need it most.

 

“If you don’t know the important, you become enslaved in the urgent.”  Don Schwieters

 

The pressures of the time crunch is a spiritual indication that we are eternal beings.

 

“We were not made for time… We were made for eternity, and even death

in its intrusive horror, merely functions as a transit point to

our ultimate destination,”  Dr. Ramesh Richard

 

The more in touch I am with the vastness of the universe, the more content I am to minister in my

       little corner of the world. 

 

“No, my child.  All our work is like a drop of water in the ocean.”  Mother Theresa

 

An ounce of pre-planning (organization) is worth a pound of extension time.  What gets scheduled, gets done.                      

“For every minute you spend planning, you can save from four to

ten times that amount of time in execution.”  My-Tyme 

 

Act on the wise words of Benjamin Franklin and make today count: “One today is worth two tomorrows.”