SHAKERS & MOVERS n INSPIRATION
Time
By Todd Speciale
Most of us take this simple word for granted. There was a Buddha who was asked what he thought the biggest mistake we make in life is? His reply was;“ The biggest mistake we make is, we think we have time.” Time is free, but it is priceless. You cannot own it, but you can use it. You cannot keep it, but you can spend it. Once it is lost, you can never get it back.
The average person lives 78 years. We spend 28.3 years of our life sleeping. That is almost a third of our life. However, 37 % of us struggle to sleep well. We spend 10.5 years of our lives working, but over 67 % of us want to leave our current jobs.
Time is so much more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you can never get more time. We spend 9 years of our lives watching television and on social media. We spend 6 years doing chores. We spend 4 years eating and drinking. We spend 3.5 years in education. We spend 2.5 years grooming. We spend 2.5 years shopping. We spend 1.5 years at childcare and 1.3 years commuting. That leaves us with 9 years to spend living our lives for us. So the question is, how will you spend that time? Your time is limited. Live it with no regrets.
There’ s good news and there’ s bad news. The bad news is time flies, but the good news is you’ re the pilot. Imagine you wake up every day with $ 86,400 dollars in your bank account and at the end of the night it’ s all gone, whether you spend it or not. Then the next day you get
Resume not getting callbacks? Alysse has helped thousands of job seekers land their dream job by snitching on what recruiters really look for in a resume. another $ 86,400 dollars to spend, what would you do with it? What we seem to forget is that every day God gives us the gift of 86,400 seconds which are deposited into your life account! At the end of the day when they’ re all used up, you get a new 86,400 seconds. We would never waste it if it were money, so why do we waste it when it comes to time? Those seconds are so much more powerful then dollars. You can always make more money, but you can never make more time.
To realize the value of one year, talk to a student who failed a grade who was retained. To realize the value of one month, ask a mother who lost their child in the final month of her pregnancy. To realize the value of one hour, ask the loving couple who’ s in a long distance relationship who can’ t reach out and touch one another. To realize the value of one minute, ask the person who just missed a plane, train or bus and has to wait for the next one. To realize the value of one second, ask the person who just missed a fatal accident where someone else lost their life. To realize the value of a millisecond, ask the Olympic runner who lost by one and trained for four long years to win.
We think that it is people wasting our time, but it really is us giving them the permission to do that. Don’ t let someone be a priority, when all you are to them is an option. Some of us lose those most important people in our lives, because we don’ t value their time. Some of us don’ t recognize how important someone is to us until they’ re gone and only then do you feel that pain.
Inside all of us there are two voices. Two individuals pushing and pulling. One that wants us to rise, grow and uplift ourselves, guaranteeing a life to love, live and laugh at our highest potential! Then there’ s the other voice, the voice that holds us back that makes us lazy, lethargic or feeling as if we’ re entitled. This voice makes us complacent. This VOICE strips us of our potential, allowing mediocrity to set in.
Every day from the moment we wake up, until the moment we go to sleep, inside of us there’ s a battle between those two voices and guess which one wins? The one that we listen to most! The one that we feed. The one that we amplify. It is our choice how we decide to live our lives and no one in the world other than the person in the mirror is going to allow you to smile, love, laugh, and grow at your full elevation.
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To some, these are just mathematical equations that may not add up, but to others it is all too true to the lives they are living. You have the right to do as you please. This life is yours. Every should has to be a must in order to be the person you were meant to be. Go after that raise! Speak your mind! Take that vacation! Take a chance on love! Follow your passion and live every moment as if there’ s no tomorrow!
From this point on, live free. Live for the seconds most take for granted. Be grateful for the gifts you already have, not the ones you’ re yet to receive. Love with every ounce of your soul and do it now, because tomorrow is never promised. Your time is now. Not an hour from now, a week from now or more. It’ s time to begin. Are you ready? n
Todd Speciale Omni Group Global todd @ omnigroupglobal. com
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