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Ten Best Excuses To Not Use The Time Of Your Life
"Time is
on my side, yes, it is!" Each time I think of time, Mike Jagger's
melody enters my mind… For me it is a song, for another a tragedy.
What is time, that it consumes so many of us? How much of it we have,
how little, what to do with it, how to conjugate it? The following "human
reasons" are offered as the clever and humorous making of our mind
time machine…
1. I don't have
any!
Time is generally viewed as a measurable device. We are saving it, spending
it, clocking it, wasting it, investing it! Time is money! Some of us experience
lack, some abundance: If we just had money, we could buy ourselves time…
If I just had time, I could make more money… I once read an unforgettable
fortune cookie: "it is not as important to count time, as it is to
make time count." Choose a moment today to use and utilize fully!
2. My time or yours?
This one concerns the overly committed, who is serving on so many committees,
and helping so many friends, she has no time to take care of herself adequately.
Time to learn to say "no" to others, and "yes" to
my goals. Today pick an occasion to say a simple "no, thank you"
and do something in that time you had never done before! 3. I was born that
way!
"As long as I recall, I have always been late." Is being late
a statement you enjoy making? Or are you late because you attempt to do
too much at a time, and try to prove your worth by scheduling more in
a span of time that it can possibly contain? Today do whatever it takes
to arrive 10 minutes early to a meeting, and experience the expansion
of your momentum…
top of page 4. I am not ready!
There have been times where I have used destiny and Ecclesiastes' saying
(For everything there is a season and a time for every purpose under heaven,)
as a reason to not change. "My time hadn't come," I would say!
The sobering thought about waiting for the perfect time or procrastinating
is that tomorrow might never come. To add to the dilemma, "I'm not
ready" may become "it's too late!" Take action today on
something you were not "ready" to do, dive, and watch your creative
power soar! 5. I'm in a hurry!
This one is also about control, but in the other direction… The motion
of life is oscillating, spiraling rather than straight and linear. Today,
stop pushing the river: allow a certain amount of meandering time in which
to do nothing. As you develop a habit for that, watch events that you
could never make happen occur spontaneously! It's all in the rhythm, man,
all in the curve! 6. I have no patience!
The gardener does not watch every single second to see if his tomatoes
have grown, nor does the expecting mother ask her baby to be born before
term! The mystery of creation and creativity demands that one respects
nature's timing. From the perspective of allowing, how long it takes is
irrelevant! Life, like art, takes what it takes, and as long as it will
take. Today become pregnant with something: a book you will once birth,
a decluttering project, a fitness goal…
top of page 7. I'm too busy!
Sidney J. Harris said it beautifully: "Indeed, the time to relax
is when you don't have time for it." Are you hiding behind your busyness?
Are you afraid to find out that you don't know what to do with yourself
if you were to stop? Is the fear of emptiness making you fill time? Today
do something full-filling: go see some great art, really taste your food,
talk to a stranger as if he were a friend… 8. I didn't do
it!
Most teenagers cannot wait to be older, and most middle age people
regret losing their youth. Then there is the viewpoint of time being too
long when in pain, too short when in joy, too slow when bored, too fast
when passionate… Byron Katie wrote: "there is no beginning of
time, only beginning of thought." Experience it for yourself: right
now, remember a very happy event in your life. Got it? Next, right now,
imagine what you might be 10 years from now… Would you then agree
that the past and the future only exist from the decision you made in
this moment to bring them to your consciousness? 9. This is Miller
time
I love it: there is sunrise, sunset, and Miller time! Isn't it correct
that you find time for what you want to do, and love to do, be it drinking
a beer, exercising, writing, or socializing? So if you cannot find time
to clean house for example, would it be appropriate to say that you did
not choose to make time? Ask yourself today what is the real reason behind
you're not finding time to do such and such? Begin to change your ritual
today to align with your conscious decision. 10. I don't NOW
A client once asked me how I could accomplish so much in so little time.
Before I could say anything, my heart answered: "Simple, I stay in
the moment!" The spontaneity of this revelation transformed both
of us. As long as I listen to my heart, my mind and my soul, and do what
I am told to do, I find that there is time for everything, which makes
for a life well-lived. The feeling is magical, time stands still, and
eternity embraces one with the kiss of an ardent lover. Just being here
and now, which is also hear and know, is all… That is a magnificent
gift, appropriately termed "the present!" top
of page Mahalene Louis is an Inspiration Anchor, a Futurist, an Artist, an Author and the President of Soulvision Axis, Inc., a company assisting the Leader, Officer, Visionary and Engineer in Self (or L.O.V.E. as the four primordial archetypes) to unleash their creativity and awaken their spirit by collaborating as one. She recently authored “CraQKing the QKabbalah QKode: How Healing the Jewish Agenda Connects (Your) Life!”
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