Thursday, June 23, 2022

Feet on the Floor

When you put your feet on the floor in the morning the it may be on cold tile. Or it may be a nice carpet or rug. Or rough cement. Whatever it is, pause for a moment before you do anything else. 

Spend a moment to realize that you have been blessed with another precious slice of time by our creator. Realize that your time is the most precious gift you've been given. Realize that it's the one thing you shouldn't waste, because you can never replace it. The wealthiest person in the world can't - with all their wealth - replace one second of it. If it isn't used wisely it goes circling down the drain, gone forever. 

So, in the morning decide how you're going to use this valuable gift from the universe. Are you going to the gym? Are you going to a meeting? Going to your job? Is there something you've been procrastinating about? A project that needs completing? Whatever it is, get moving. Do something productive. 

Don't go back to bed. Don't turn on the TV.  Don't get on social media and try to see how many so-called friends you can make. Remember that probably none of those people are your friends; they're just like you. Getting on social media because they're lonely and can't make friends with with real people who'll really care about them. And I've seen people have emotional meltdowns because someone "unfriended" them. The only important thing about that social interaction is that the people wasted their precious time even engaging in such a shallow communication. I mean do you really give a crap about what some anonymous face half way across the country thinks? And you foolishly gave them precious time you'll never get back. 

My message is to use time wisely. Does that mean you should always work? Of course not. Sometimes a vacation or a long weekend is a wise use of your time - a period of rejuvenation. You only have 80 or so years and you've probably used a lot of that, maybe half. Start thinking of the time you wasted on drinking and drugging (if you're an addict) or on other frivolities if you're a "normie." 

Don't throw away what you can't get back. You'll find that life will be richer if you treasure each moment. 

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