Your Money Or Your Life?

Many of you may recall this title being a line in many gangster movies back in the day, when a robbery was happening, but it seemed so appropriate for today's post.

I was going back through some audio archives I have on my little handheld digital recorder and came across something I said that made me think more deeply about it today. It led me to think about money and time.

Which of these is more valuable?

Of course, most people are going to say their time is more important. I mean isn't that why we demand convenience, speed, portability and everything RIGHT NOW, so that we can cut down on how much time we spend on idle activities? Hmmm. Well, is that why we spend so much time in front of the tv, on the internet, in our cars (in traffic), on our cell phones, rushing to go to next red light, the next obstacle, the next (perceived) fear? I mean, we just zip, zip, zip through our lives and look up and don't have too much to show for it, many of us, anyway. So, WHY would someone say that time is more important to them when they are continuously trying to save their money but zip through their lives from moment-to-moment? It seems backwards to me.

I have always believed that you can get more money, but you can’t get more time.

Money has serious limits. It is only good at the face value printed on the note. It can be measured, it can be quantified. If you don't have enough you can't buy something or worse, you'll be grouped in a category that only affords you certain "luxuries" (for lack of a better, more fitting word). People die over money. People fight over money. People cheat, lie and steal for money. Money can be used for the good of the people, if used in the right manner.

Time, on the other hand, doesn’t have these types of limitations. It is only limited by what YOU use it for and the value YOU assign to it. It can be used for good of the people too, if that's what you choose to do with it. I remember reading this article some time ago that made the comparison of how time is more important in certain situations. A minute to someone in a hospital bed is very important to that person. A minute spent sitting in traffic is useless to someone else. An hour spent with your family can be just as worthy as an hour for someone that is traveling from miles away to be reunited with lost family members. There were some other profound comparisons, but I’m sure you get my drift.

The lesson for today? Use your time wisely. You trade time for whatever you choose to replace it with. That decision is up to YOU, no one else. You make time to do the things you want to do. It’s always a choice you make. Whether it’s spending more time with your family; spending time making your music and/or performing; spending time working with your hands and making things; whatever it may be, use your time to your advantage. It is really the only thing we have that we can truly use how we want with no rules, boundaries or limits…TIME. It is very important.

Wishing you a very productive and wonderful day!

Mill : )