Sunday, October 31, 2004

Spending Time

I spent time today concidering the concept of spending time. Twisted thoughts rammed together, each seeking a spotlight here, which only caused a major gridlock of idle notions. In an effort to make sense of the maddness, I visited the dictionary, looking up the word spend then used the five definitions found there as a frame on which to reorganize my messy thinking.
1-to use up or put out; expend: spent an hour exercising.
2-to pay out (money).
3-to wear out; exhaust: The storm finally spent itself
4-to pass (time) in a specified manner or place: they spent their vacation in Paris.
5-(a) To throw away; squander: spent all their resources on futile projects.
5-(b) To give up (one's time or efforts, for example) to a cause; sacrifice.
Reading that brought instant clarity and greater understanding of the time spending issue.
Time is precious; much more valuable than money, but just as easily wasted. You can always earn more coins, but time is not replaceable once it is spent.
Time is every humans birthright and we each give it away until our alloted amount is used up. The expenditures made, viewed together, in total are lives.
Time given you is a gift. Time doled out should be gifted wisely. If time spent were thought of with the same thoughfulness given to money there would be much less wasted. I wouldnt write a check to a lot of the people and places I have spent time on in my lifetime.


THINK ABOUT IT
LET IT GROW
THEN DECIDE
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