that's so true...

At my Wed. night Bible study, we talked last night about service, and how everyone has the same amount of time, hours, minutes in each day... we just choose how we want to use it. And how it is so likely that we are often critical of how other people are occupying their time: feeling like they are poor stewards, squandering it in such foolish, ill-considered ways.

So, me being me, I had to pipe up and put in my two cents worth. And said: if you are not doing things that feed your spirit, whether it is taking time for yourself, or doing things that bring meaning to others (noticed and commended or not.) Devoting some portion of your time on this planet to meaningful service to others, you are not using it wisely. If you are not doing things that bring you joy, you should step back, take a look and figure out how to change your days to make this limited amount of time we are given more joyful. Get up and get going: do something that brings you joy... even if it's just going out the door, to see the blue sky, white fluffy clouds drifting by, bright sunshine filtering through the trees... take a walk, count your blessings.

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Thomas Jefferson and Albert Einstein."  ~ Jackson Brown, in 'Life's Little Instruction Book'