Earlier this evening I was thinking about how quickly time passes. Without realizing it several days have passed since I last posted anything in my Daily Awareness blog. Sure, the intention was there, but I have long realized intention without action soon becomes frustration.
How many people live in the space of frustration? The fact is, there is not enough time to do all we think we must do, want to do or dream of doing. There is just too much to do, calls to make, people to see.
We feel over-worked and underpaid. There are not enough resources to do the job. Multiple projects and priorities eat away at our day. Day timers, organizers and palm pilots assist us in the efficient use of our time. Traffic reports guide us to work; weather reports prepare us for the ride home. We punch into a time clock or we are exempt and never punch out.
Is it so difficult managing time or is our expectation for achievement so high that the 24 hours in a day is simply not enough?
It is so easy to waste time and never recapture a missed moment. Where you spend your time determines how you live your life; in peace or in turmoil, in love or in fear.
One of the few things we truly possess is time. There is only so much you can do and only so many roles you can play. How we choose to use the here and now is a personal and a powerful choice. Choose wisely.
Portions of this post can be found in The Law of Achievement, Discover Your Purpose, Possibility and Potential.
So well said Roz. Thank you for your thoughts.
Kathleen Gage
Posted by: Kathleen Gage | August 20, 2008 at 05:39 PM
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Posted by: JHS | August 24, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Vital topic!
Here's a quote that I've found myself repeating lately from the writer Ray Bradbury: "You have to learn how to accept rejection and reject acceptance."
Just because people want to us to do something, and will pay us to do it, does not mean we should do it!
Posted by: How do you know? | September 02, 2008 at 09:09 AM
You are right about not taking on something just because someone wants to pay us.
A guage I use is my gut feeling. No matter what the outward indicators are, if my instinct is saying, "NO!" then I best listen to that. Otherwise, the lessons can be overwhelming.
Kathleen Gage
Posted by: Kathleen Gage | September 02, 2008 at 09:13 AM