Everything
on earth began with time, moves with time and will end with time. It is the
currency with which we trade in life. A wise investment of it, a wise spending
of it and its prudent use guarantees satisfactory returns on investment.
Over
the years, I have come to see that the quality of life you live or hope to live
is directly proportional to the choice(s) you’ve made in time. Some of us dream
of glorious futures; a time in our lives when pains will be gone, difficulties
subdued and life more worth living. In our dream however, we forget that “the best thing about the future is that it
comes one day at a time”[1].
Until
we start seeing time as a resource that will go to waste if not properly used,
we will be like paper tossed in the air that goes hither and thither. As a
matter of fact, it is the scarcest of all resources; it goes by in an instant
without the ability to recover it, making it the most non-renewable resource so
that once lost, it’s lost. If you have ever lost anything of value, I am sure
that the experience you went through when you lost such item prepared you to
handle it more carefully the next time. If you understand the place of time in
the life of man, then losing any portion of it should jerk you into a more conscious
and purposeful use of it because “…most
people get ahead during the time that others waste”[2]
The
regret most people will have in life is not in what they failed to acquire,
where they failed to go or whom they failed to meet, their regret will be in
the waste they put their time to. It is worth emphasizing that “a man who dares to waste one hour of time has
not discovered the value of life” [3]But
how do some people seem to make it better than others with the same 24 hours
allotted to all? Are these people able to get ahead than the rest because they
simply have more time to get things done or because they have a special favour
from God? The answer is “no” however, it is “lack of direction, not lack of time, that is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days”[4].
If you know the reason why you wake up every morning and the reason why you
remain awake till night, then it will be less likely that you will be lost in
time or that time will be lost to you.
The
illusion that there is always a tomorrow where tasks can be completed kills
creativity, drive, purpose and a sense of urgency. The tomorrow we usually
dream of is actually with us. Every second that passes by is the building block
of the tomorrow we hope and long for. There is no better time to start living
than now. When the time is up, the game will end. Don’t be fooled into thinking
you’re still young therefore can afford to be frivolous with your use of time, remember
that the old men and women of today were the young people of yesterday and the
young people of today will be the old men and women of tomorrow.
“Until you value yourself, you won’t
value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it”[5]
Be Inspired!
Remain Motivated!
