A most valuable possession is time. There is only so much of it in one day to give or use for oneself, and no one is promised more time the next day. How much of your time was truly yours today? How much of it was spent on others? Was it worth it? Did they even care that you dispensed your time on them? Most people don’t care because they don’t really realize that they have taken something precious from you, and squandered it.
People expect you to do something for them at the drop of a hat simply because they are number one in their world. Many people only care about themselves and are unable to place their selves in the position of another. Then when a favor is needed of them, they seem to have something else they must do that day, most often for their self.
Not all people are this way, but take a quick look at your life and those with whom you come in contact. Most people are. It’s the world we live in. You must learn to guard one of your most valuable possessions – your time! Just because you cannot see, feel, or smell it does not mean you aren’t wasting it. Usually on those that bring you down, hold you back, and do not care or know that they are doing so.
We spend our time as if it were limitless. Pushing things off until tomorrow, or the next year, or the next thirty years. You don’t know if you’ll be alive in the next five minutes. Life is fleeting. This is not an exaggeration; we are wasting most of our lives. On things that don’t matter, people that don’t care, and actions that are vain. Become a better manager of your time. Use it on you while you still can.
Other people will choose your schedule. They will choose your goals. They will choose your destiny. You must not let them. You have control over your own life, your own time, and your own destiny. Just think of the last twenty-four hours, how much of that time was devoted to you, whether for your spiritual growth, mental relaxation, or your physical betterment? It probably wasn’t nearly as much time as you want or planned.
People complain about how little they get done. They complain about dreams they gave up on, projects they abandoned – all because they didn’t have enough time. They had plenty of time; they just didn’t use it.