Good morning to you, well almost mid-day. As I sit and type I am struck by how the tyranny of the urgent consumes the minutes availiable to me every day. There are exactally 1440 minutes each day allotted to every human being. That is the one area where we are all equal. Now what we do with them is where the dividing line comes in. We are world changers, movers and shakers, problem solvers or we are couch potatoes, political whiners and part of the problem. It's our choice as to how we cash in those minutes allotted to us. Just remember that once cashed in they are non-refundable.
Ebeneezer Scrooge found that out. One of my all-time favorite stories (my kids will attest to this) is A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In it we find this rickety miserly old man who hates eveything and everyone, including himself. Lo and behold he is confronted with three spirits who take him on an journey that shows him his life and all that he lost. All based upon choice. He was given 1440 minutes each day and he chose to utilize them in a way that left him all alone, cantancerous and hated.
Once he was shown what he had lost as a result of his choices, he had a change of heart and "became as fine a man as the old town knew." I love that no matter how far gone we can be as long as we are given another day, we can choose to spend our minutes wisely. Ebeneezer learned that his choices had ramifications beyond himself, and changed how he did things.
There is a verse in the 90th Psalm (Moses's Psalm) that says: "Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom." [Psalm 90:12]
How will you cash in your minutes today?
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