You’ve got 24 hours

What if the bank gave you a million dollars to spend in a day? You couldn’t save it and at the end of the day whatever you had left was taken away. What would you spend it on? Would you spend some on your family? Would you spend some with your friends? Would you spend it on yourself? Think about it. What would you do?

Well in life, we get 24 hours in a day. You can’t save those hours and you can’t get more the next day. How do you spend those 24hrs? Tricky, huh? My dad taught me about it. Everyone has 24hrs in a day, but why do some people say there isn’t enough time in day? Other people get lots accomplished in 24hrs. Some people, like myself, feel like I do nothing. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but I seem to feel like I can’t get enough accomplished in the amount of time I have. Why is that?

Now a days, we have too many ‘time wasters’. We play with our phones, check Facebook, watch TV, watch movies, and I’m sure you can think of others. We put so much value on money that we forget how valuable time is. Just like your money do you spend time with your friends and family? I am really good at wasting time. Trust me, it may not be the most fun, but I can waste time. I put the pro in procrastination. (I got that from a shirt.) I sometimes forget how valuable our time is. The Bible talks about our time on earth being a moment.

All right so this also relates on our social behaviors. How much time do you want to spend on someone you don’t actually enjoy? How many times do you waste an hour on someone and then you waste another on them by talking about how horrible your time is with them? I know I have. So you wasted one hour with a person that drove you crazy, do you really want to spend another with them?

When we dwell on people that make us feel upset or annoyed it is like we’ve invited them to our house. They have no clue you have, but you’ve invited them to dinner, invited them to bed with you, and you’ve invited them to be apart of your morning. Holding grudges is just a way of drinking poison when you’re trying to affect the other person. Guess what, I’m sure you know this, but it doesn’t affect the other person. Usually, they are over it.

I think human behavior is funny in that way. For some reason, we believe that by hurting ourselves some how magically we are hurting the other person we are mad at. Doesn’t that just sound stupid? I do it though. I’m sure other people do it too.

I’m starting to learn not to do that, though. Those people from school that might have driven me crazy during the day are not welcomed in my house anymore. They get left outside. Sure they knock on my door once in a while, but I tell myself not to think about them and let it go. I can’t accomplish anything by being angry or upset with them. I’m only hurting myself and wasting my precious 24hrs. I want to live a life that’s limited in anger so that I can enjoy more hours with people I love. Life is too short to dwell on the past and harp on misery.

So next time you’re inviting someone to your house by being angry with them just let it go. Realize that there are better things you can be doing with your time. Do yourself a favor and let it go. Stop drinking poison. You’ll find yourself feeling healthier and happier. Trust me, I know. I ain’t a pro at it, but I’m learning and growing myself.   
Ain't nobody got time for that!
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