Today's Motivation - Time

“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”

- Jim Rohn

American Author (1930-2009)

                            

“Time is not measured by clocks but by moments”

                            

Time is a concept to which value is attached by many. For the truly conscientious person, time is not to be wasted. This type of person may very well wake up in the wee hours of the morning to ensure he gets the most out of the period before the dawn. He may commune with his God at this time, read or simply lay awake reflecting on his life. When the dawn arrives, he may start his daily chores, knowing that ‘the early bird catches the worm’.

Why is time such an important concept and how can pondering on time help us to be motivated? Let us examine some of the activities one can engage in with time. To begin, we need to keep in mind the fact that when one dies, he is out of time in this world and can no longer engage with time as he lies in his coffin. No longer can he laugh, live, love and make changes of any sort. This fact alone should be a source of motivation to value the time you have remaining on this earth.

Time allows for many wonderful things and one of those is LOVE. Time allows for family members to love each other, for someone to love a friend and for romantic love which often lead to marriage and lifelong commitment. Time also allows for OPPORTUNITIES. Making good use of time may cause someone life to be saved by the surgeon operating on him; it may allow the teacher to engage his students so that they learn life skills that will empower them to live healthy, productive lives, it may allow that author to get his book published as well as for that parent to spend a little more time with his cancer ridden child. Time allows for FORGIVENESS and we need forgiveness in order to move on and lead healthy lives. Forgiveness empowers both the forgiver and the offender. The person giving the forgiveness can feel a burden lifted and has conscience free from hatred. The offender benefits also by having his offence forgiven and bridges mended. Time allows for so much more than I can explain in this post and yet there are some who neglects the value time bring to their lives. 

For those who do not value time, procrastination is their constant bedfellow.  Wastage of time can be harmful to a person, in that it causes the person to become lazy and unproductive. Additionally, when time to do something is postponed constantly, the consequences can become detrimental. For example, a heart patient ignoring to take his medication on time and postponing going to the doctor for his regular check-ups, may suddenly get a massive heart attack and die. Many believe they have time, only to realize that that time becomes shortened when they are diagnosed with poor health. Exercise which should have been a constant in time when the body would have used it to improve one’s health, now becomes tiresome as one ages. The good news is it is never too late to start. Let us be encouraged to value time rather than waste it. Be blessed