It's About Time!

I hear people say, "I don't have time to get it done." or "There aren't enough hours in my day." or "I wish I had more time to spend with ___________." It got me to thinking.

We are all given 24 hours in a day. No one gets more hours a day than anyone else. It's all in how we use them. My husband and I have one day a week off together. He gets home from work at 8:00 or after every night. We try to go to bed at around 10:00. On our one common day off, we spend the day going to church, family lunch then coming home to do laundry, make lunches for Monday, cleaning up around the house and playing with our grandson. When he gets home from work each night, he tries to catch up on social media (both personal and business), have a little snack (he has decided to give up dinner in order to give us a little more time together) and relax a bit.

Yet we don't spend time complaining about how little time we have together. Do we wish we had more time together? Sure! But we try to make the most of every minute we have. Last week, his car spent most of the week sitting with a flat tire in a church parking lot. That left us with one car. Did we look at it as an inconvenience? Nope. We looked at it as some uninterrupted time together in the car as I drove him to work and then back home again. I also got to sit in his office while he closed the store. It's all in how we choose to spend the hours we're given.

A few nights ago, I was driving to the gas station and saw the most beautiful sunset. Instead of completely ignoring the beauty of the evening, I came straight home, got out my camera and stood in the middle of the street to take pictures of it. Such magnificent beauty simply had to be captured! Yesterday, my husband needed my car to drive to South Bend. So, he took me to work in the morning. First of all, I loved having that extra 10 minutes together. Secondly, guess what I saw on the way to work (east of home)?! Yep, a stunning sunrise! Because he was driving, I was able to capture it in pictures. It's all in what we choose to spend our time on.

One day. 24 hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds. No matter how you look at it, we all have the same amount of time each day. But how we spend our time is a direct reflection of what our priorities are. So, put down that cell phone, turn off the TV, lay the video game controller on the table. Spend time with the ones you love. Look at the sunrise or sunset. Take a walk around the block. Play with your kids. Visit your neighbor. Take time for others. Remember, they're sharing the same 24 hours with you.

Sunset March 13, 2015

Sunrise March 18, 2015