When asked “what’s the biggest mistake we make in life the Buddha replied…
“The biggest mistake is you think you have time” .Time is free but it is priceless .You can’t own it but you can use it .
You can’t keep it ,but you can spend it .And once its lost you can never get it back.
The average lives is 78 years ,
We spend 28.3 years of our life sleeping ,that’s almost a third of our life .But 30% of us struggle to sleep well .we spend 10.5 years of our life working .But 50% of us leave our current jobs.
Time is valuable than Money ,you can get more money but you can never get more time ,we spend 9 years on TV .and Social media ,we spend 6 years doing chores .we spend 4 years eating and drinking ,we spend 3.5 years in education ,we spend 2.5 years grooming. We spend 2.5 years shopping ,we spend 1.5 years in child cares. ,we spend 1.3 years commuting ,That leaves us with 9 years ,How will we spend that time?
Steve jobs said”Your time is limited so don’t waste it living someone else’s life “
So there’s good news and bad news .The bad news is time flies the good news is your the pilot.
Imagine you wake up everyday with $86,4000 in your bank account .
And at the end of the night its all gone whether you spent it or not
And then the next day you get another $86,4000 what would we do with it?
Everyday $86,4000 seconds are deposited in your life account ,At the end of the day once there all used up you get a new $86,4000 seconds
We would never waste it if it was Money so why we water it when it comes to time? .The seconds are so much more powerful than the dollars because you can always make dollars ,you can’t make more Time.
To realize the value of 1 year ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of 1 month ask a mother who lost their child in the final month.
To realize the value o f 1 week ask the editor of an online magazine.
To realize the value of one hour ask the couple whose in a long distance relationship.
To realize the value of 1 minute ask the person who just missed a bus,train or plane.
To realize the value of 1 second ask the person who missed an accident.
To realize the value of milli second ask a person who just came the 2nd at the olympics.
We think its people wasting our time But it’s really us giving them the permission to do that
And in reality thos 2 people live inside us
Don’t let someone be a priority when all you are to them as option.
Some of us lose the people who are important to us because we don’t value their time.
Some of us don’t recognize how is important someone is to us until they’re gone .
Inside all of us are 2 voices.
1 voice that wants to uplift.
1 voice that wants to expand .
1 voice that wants to grow.
And then are other voices ,
The voices that hold us back .
The voice that make us lazy .
The voice that make us complacent
The voice that restricts us from our potential.
Everyday from the moment we woke up we go to sleep inside of us there’s this Battle between 2 voices and gives which one wins .The one that we listen the most .
The one that we feed ,the one that we amplify .
It is our choice of low we use our time .
Life and time are the best two teachers .
Life teaches to make a good use of time & time teaches us the value of life.
And as William Shakespeare said” Time is very slow for those who want,very fast for those who are scared,very long for those are sad ,very short for those who celebrate .
But for those who loves Time is eternal.
Sources:
Text: https://medium.com/@johnsonthomson16/when-asked-whats-the-biggest-mistake-we-make-in-life-the-buddha-replied-f1c79ddc2b42
Video: https://youtu.be/tVDo-sWhoms
Text: https://medium.com/@johnsonthomson16/when-asked-whats-the-biggest-mistake-we-make-in-life-the-buddha-replied-f1c79ddc2b42
