It’s almost May, already?  Really?  Is this year going by as fast for you as it is for me?

A number of people I’ve talked to recently feel the same way. The first four months of this year happened rather quickly.  Why is that?  Obviously time itself neither goes faster or slower, but our perception of how fast or how slow time is going, well, that’s another matter.

There are lots of phrases associated with time, and you’ve probably heard most of them.  “The older you get, the faster time seems to go.” “Time flies when you’re having fun.” “Time waits for no one.”

I don’t know who first uttered those phrases, but Emerson said, “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”  Martin Luther King, Jr. said “The time is always right to do what is right.” Brian Tracy said “Your greatest resource is your time.”

I Don’t Have Enough Time!

One day, years ago, I was complaining about not having enough time to do everything that I needed to get done.  A kind soul told me something that day I have never forgotten.  He said, “Time is like a suitcase and every day we are each given 24 hours; some just know how to pack better than others.”

Isn’t it true?  No one has any more time than anyone else.  When I wake up in the morning I am thankful for the gift of life.  I have been given another day to live; I have been given more time.

Time is very precious.  Time waits for no one.  Are you wasting time?

We all live different lives with different schedules and different priorities.  Everything we do takes time.  Some things take more time than others.

But we will always make time for things that are important to us. We don’t actually “make” the time, but we do set aside the time for the things we desire to do.  After all, there is only so much time in a day, right?

How Much Time?

Maybe for people my age and older, it can seem like time is going faster.  Maybe because the older we get the more we realize that one day we will run out of time.  No one knows how much time he has left.

So rather than waste my time wondering why it seems like time is flying, instead I choose to spend my time as wisely as I can.  I’m not perfect at it, but I am a lot more conscious of what I do with my time today than I was when I was younger.  I try to be totally involved with what I am doing at each moment in time.

Turn, Turn, Turn

Many are familiar with a section from the book of Ecclesiastes that begins with, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.” The word “time” is used over 500 times in the Bible, and some of those verses are quite remarkable.

Three of my favorites are as follows:

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Romans 13:11)

Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16)

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:28)

By the way, thanks for spending a little bit of your time reading this article.

Mike Verdicchio
2013

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