Time is our most valuable asset. Time is perishable. Time is now. Time is how we plan, play, work and do our lives. Who and how we spend our time is how we create our legacy of our life. Many people are stuck in the Rat Race and working just to pay the rent/mortgage and not having much fun doing that. Some people are working hard at their businesses as the sole proprietor and thus have no leverage. They can only trade time for money. Some people waste time in front of the TV, sitting in traffic, standing in line, complaining about the thing that is bothering them.
Time goes by so quickly when we are having fun and busy. Time goes by slowly when we are stuck doing something that is less than fun or not what we want to do. Time is measured and quantified. We measure our age, the anniversaries, the time at work, the time it takes to travel, stand in line and just about everything. It is quantified for payment as an employee.
When I reflect on how life is now, compared to only a few years ago when I was so busy raising a family I am wiser about the value of time. I was working for a corporation trading time for money, and planning for the vacations which always were too short. Spent time doing the daily things such as shopping for food, paying the bills, laundry and the routine of driving the kids to and from their dance, friends and activities. I realize that time was not always used productively. I also spent too much time watching cable TV, too much time in traffic, too much time worrying and not being present in the now.
The kids are raised and now young adults. Sometimes I wonder how they grew up so fast and then I realize why. Time went by quickly because I was busy just doing stuff. They are great young adults and I enjoy watching them conduct their lives. I seek times for us to connect and spend time together and totally enjoy the moments of time. This week my youngest came for a visit and we enjoyed some moments of huge value in Whistler.
My partner Robert and I went to the Service Awards Recognition at Whistler-Blackcomb this week on top of Whistler at night. Very special time to spend together with incredible people.
Time is moving quickly as we are preparing to host the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. I know the time will go by quickly for all involved, athletes, volunteers, Olympic family, spectators and entertainers. 25000 Volunteers will operate the games. We are called Workforce 2010.
Most of us live with an expectation that time is unlimited. A few people do not because of health challenges. We must live with time as a gift of now because we do not know when our limit will come to an end. We must be present, congruent and be clear on our intentions. We must be using our time with respect for how it effects us, and those we interact with, and aware that we are all connected.
As Eckhart Tolle writes in his book The Power Of Now. There is only NOW and we must be present with it.
I am grateful that I live in the now most of time and am present.
I am proud of my accomplishments with the skills I have now because I stopped wasting time in traffic, watch cable TV and with people who do not get it yet. I have great friends who are present and living in now. Knowing that time is only now and we do not know what our limit is.
Knowing that we are all responsible for what we create and leave behind because we all have a purpose.
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