Lockdown Day 44 - 9 May 2020
T I M E : a commodity we as humans have no control over other than to utilise it productively or keep track of. Past present and future all describe moments in time. Thousands of quotes exist about it. Prominent people have had their say about it. T I M E is precious. TIMING is everything. People use the word all the time (you see?), every day.
43 Days have passed since lockdown started, 6 weeks. We have learnt to slow down a little. In a manner of speaking, Slow Living is actually just taking time to do normal things with more mindfulness and care, such as having a meal or a cup of coffee or tea. Slow Living is why people go to places away from their homes; to feel less pressured by time constraints their lives impose on them.
The feeling of being able to manipulate time is as old as the mountains. But no matter how hard we try, the clock just keeps ticking. So how on earth can we make time work for us? Some may say the more you cram in a day, the better you'll feel at the end of it. But the truth is a human body is a living organism and not a machine.
Restoration and rest is part of maintenance and without it our time will run out. Time can only work for us if we daily renew our thoughts. Our attitude before we hit the ground running can make the time we spend doing what we do much more productive. And the wisdom knowing when to stop and slow down gives our time value. When we can look back after 44 days and see the value of change in a good way, time did work well for us.
So take the time to stop and think how you add value to the time running through your world. Alice in Wonderland said, "It's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then." How true is this. Lockdown afforded us a different perspective on TIME. And spending it with the God who holds eternity in His hands seems like a good restore point for us all. Rest assured, God's got this ; yesterday, today and tomorrow.
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