Time and again

I read a quote recently that said, “The more you are doing, the less well you are doing most, if not all, of it.”

Over-activity is one area of life where “less” is truly “more”.

You may THINK you can do it all, but reality says, you can’t. Superwoman does not live here and chances are, she doesn’t live at your house either. Why can’t we get it all done? Because we live, breath, and work within the confines of something over which we have no control. That one thing in life is that which no matter who we are, where we come from, or what we do, we’re all given the exact same amount of.

TIME.

You can’t buy more of it, you can’t earn it, you can’t control it, you can’t make it go by faster, you can’t make it go by slower, you can’t make it stop, you can’t erase it, you can’t multiply the hours within it. The seconds tick away to minutes and minutes into hours. We live within it’s limitation of 24 hours a day. Period.

Time is guaranteed to no one. The only control you will ever have over it ~ is what you fill it with.

Each moment we get in life is a gift. 

 As I’ve grown older I have come to appreciate Time more. What I am slowly realizing is that I need to spend my time consciously and with thought. I need to carve time out of my day for the important things. Laughter. Fun. Making memories with the people I love. I need to dedicate time to the things that matter most to me. Not in yesterday or last year or too much in tomorrow. But right now. Because really, right now is all that we’ve got.

The truth is ~ we only have one chance at this life. Don’t let the world tell you how to spend such a priceless gift. Don’t waste your time worrying about what other people think of you, or living under the expectations of others.

Ask God first. He may have better ideas for you. After all, He’s the giver of your every day. He’s the one who created the day and night, the months, and years. He’s the one who dreamed up the seasons. He’s the one who knew the moment you would take your first breath. He’s the one who knows the moment you will take your last.

Psalm 90:12 {New Living Translation (NLT)}
“Teach us to realize the brevity of life, so that we may grow in wisdom”.

Time seems to fly by so fast. But in truth ~ time is nothing but steady and consistent. Seconds into minutes, minutes into hours and hours into days.

Our time is precious ~ we need to use it wisely.

Blessings