I recently attended a group where we discussed the concept of time. Everyone was complaining about not having enough. I recalled seeing a poster with a very cogent statement that was roughly: “Things changed when I realized that I had just enough time each day to do everything I wanted to do.”
The key is ownership of our lives. If we believe that we have freedom of choice, then the things that we choose to fill in that 24 hours will be the things that get done. If we choose to believe that we have to do this or that instead of what we “want” to do, we are still doing what we really want to do.
It is freeing to discover this. If I spend my time working overtime, listening to a friend complain, watching TV instead of studying, creating, or cleaning the house, or sleeping late on the weekend, then that is what I wanted to do, and there can be no regrets.
As I apply myself to what I want to do, I discover that there is time in the day to: plan for a new business I want to open, get my shoes repaired, write or call friends and family, and exercise. I can visit sick friends, donate time to a favorite charity or organization, and sort and take things to recycling and GoodWill. It is so very freeing. I wish I had thought of it before . . .
Tags: connecting, discipline, meditation, self-love, time
